Informatica 1.0: Access to the Best Tools for Mastering the Information Revolution
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Learn how to enjoy and decipher the information revolution--with this fun, easy-to-use techno-geek tour of the best tools available today.
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Who's really running a Web site behind the scenes? See "Alexa" on page 259.
A global on-line database of living things? See "Tree of Life" on page 109.
A computer-controlled wide-band radio to tune in the world? See "ICOM PCR- 1000" on page 10.
The best place to buy world maps, reachable via the Web? See "The Map Shop" on page 113.
Satellite imagery downloadable from the U.S. Geological Survey? See "Satellite Imagery" on page 136.
A metasearch engine that trolls other sites like Yahoo and Excite and distills the results? See "Inference Find" on page 155.
The best way to use search engines like Alta Vista and Yahoo? See "Synthetic Aperture" on page 153.
How to keep informed with 20 unusual and extraordinary Web sites? See "20 Web Sites Off the Beaten Path" on pages 188-91.
The hottest new marketing idea driving e-commerce? See "Viral Marketing" on pages 86-87.
The essay that predicted the information age 50 years ago? See "Endless Frontier" on page 378.
The classic and superb documentary that captures the first world war like no other? See "World War I (VHS)" on page 267.
Where the U.S. is most vulnerable to terrorists in the 21st century? See "Melissa's Lesson" on pages 249-51.
Each entry includes Internet URLs, notes on why the item was selected and how it works, what age level it suits, how long it has been in development, what it should cost (on the street), and how likely it is to become obsolete.
In five revealing sections--on hardware, sources, software, plasticware, and paperware--
Informatica 1.0 puts into new perspective the avalanche of new products. It selects the best tools
for an information society, yielding the best ways to sense and measure things, to manage the
results, and to refine them into practical knowledge.
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