Electronic Life; How to Think About Computers
by Crichton, Michael
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394534069
- ISBN 13
- 9780394534060
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Crichton on the front endpaper. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped, generally rubbed, a few small chips and closed tears. Quarter black buckram with tan paper on the boards, bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An early layman's guide to computers from the best-selling author of Jurassic Park.
Synopsis
Electronic Life is a 1983 non-fiction book by Michael Crichton, an author better known for his novels. The book was intended to introduce the idea of personal computers to a reader who might be faced with them at work or at home for the first time. It defined basic jargon and assured readers that they could master the machine when it inevitably arrived. Electronic Life is written as a glossary, with entries like "Afraid of Computers (everybody is)," "Buying a Computer," and "Computer Crime".
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Details
- Seller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 7237
- Title
- Electronic Life; How to Think About Computers
- Author
- Crichton, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394534069
- ISBN 13
- 9780394534060
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Computers, Technology, How-to, Floppy Disk, 1980s
Terms of Sale
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Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Buckram
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...