Head in the cloud

Head in the cloud: why knowing things matters when facts are so easy to look up

by Poundstone, William

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Looks at the state of knowledge in the American public, and demonstrates how many areas of knowledge correlate with quality of life, politics, and behavior, arguing that being knowledgeable has significant value even when facts can be looked up with little effort.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Head in the cloud : why knowing things matters when facts are so easy to look up / William Poundstone.

Summary

Looks at the state of knowledge in the American public, and demonstrates how many areas of knowledge correlate with quality of life, politics, and behavior, arguing that being knowledgeable has significant value even when facts can be looked up with little effort.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Little, Brown and Co
  • Place of Publication:New York, NY
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

  • Description:340 pages : : ill. ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780316256544, 0316256544
  • oclc:on1005000988
  • Dewey Decimal:306.4209 P876h

Subjects

Big data Comportement dans la recherche de l'inf… Données volumineuses epistemology Information behavior Knowledge, Theory of Théorie de la connaissance

Writers

Poundstone, William

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