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Physical Desc
310 pages : color ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The present can loom very large in a child's mind: all the challenges of the modern world can feel overwhelming and, at times, dispiriting. Big Ideas from History is an immense story of what has happened through time, from the beginnings of the universe to now, that speaks personally and constructively to a growing mind. The book encourages children to think about how and why they experience the world as they do and offers a helpful perspective by...
Author
Physical Desc
284 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From New Yorker staff writer and author Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself. From coffee shops to rental apartments to social media posts the world round, a sleek and deceptively simple aesthetic has come to predominate. It's in the neon signs and exposed brick of an Internet cafe in Nairobi or the skeletal, modern furniture of an Airbnb in Portland. These...
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