Faster : the acceleration of just about everything / James Gleick

By:

Gleick, James, 1954-

Language: Spanish Publication details: New York: Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2000Description: 311 p.; 22 cmISBN:

9780679775485

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

529.7

LOC classification:

QB 209 G556f 2000

Contents:

Pacemaker -- Life as Type A -- Door close button -- Your other face -- Time goes standard -- New accelerators -- Seeing in slow motion -- In real time -- Lost in time -- On Internet time -- Quick: your opinion? -- Decomposition takes time -- On your mark, get set, think -- Millisecond here, a millisecond there -- 1,440 minutes a day -- Sex and paperwork -- Modern conveniences -- Jog more, read less -- Eat and run -- How many hours do you work? -- 7:15: took shower -- Attention! Multitaskers -- Shot-shot-shot-shot -- Prest-o change-o! -- MTV zooms by -- Allegro ma non troppo -- Can you see it? -- High-pressure minutes -- Time and motion -- Paradox of efficiency -- 365 ways to save time -- Telephone lottery -- Time is not money -- Short-term memory -- Law of small numbers -- Bored -- End -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments and notes -- Index.

Summary: Overview: Most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness" a malady that has launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond," a need-everything-yesterday sphere dominated by cell phones, computers, faxes, and remote controls. Yet for all the hours, minutes, and even seconds being saved, we're still filling our days to the point that we have no time for such basic human activities as eating, sex, and relating to our families. Written with fresh insight and thorough research, Faster is a wise and witty look at a harried world not likely to slow down anytime soon.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	QB 209 G556f 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000144094

Pacemaker --
Life as Type A --
Door close button --
Your other face --
Time goes standard --
New accelerators --
Seeing in slow motion --
In real time --
Lost in time --
On Internet time --
Quick: your opinion? --
Decomposition takes time --
On your mark, get set, think --
Millisecond here, a millisecond there --
1,440 minutes a day --
Sex and paperwork --
Modern conveniences --
Jog more, read less --
Eat and run --
How many hours do you work? --
7:15: took shower --
Attention! Multitaskers --
Shot-shot-shot-shot --
Prest-o change-o! --
MTV zooms by --
Allegro ma non troppo --
Can you see it? --
High-pressure minutes --
Time and motion --
Paradox of efficiency --
365 ways to save time --
Telephone lottery --
Time is not money --
Short-term memory --
Law of small numbers --
Bored --
End --
Afterword --
Acknowledgments and notes --
Index.

Overview: Most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness" a malady that has launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond," a need-everything-yesterday sphere dominated by cell phones, computers, faxes, and remote controls. Yet for all the hours, minutes, and even seconds being saved, we're still filling our days to the point that we have no time for such basic human activities as eating, sex, and relating to our families. Written with fresh insight and thorough research, Faster is a wise and witty look at a harried world not likely to slow down anytime soon.

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