- Computer programming, Interpersonal relations, Information technology, Technology, social aspects
"From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson, a brilliant and immersive anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers - where they come from, how they think, what makes for greatness in their world, and what should give us pause"--
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and cool.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Clive Thompson
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group, Pan Macmillan, Penguin Press
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781529018981
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