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Steven Levy · first published 2011 · ISBN 9781416596585
Steven Levy spent years embedded at Google to write this account of the company's growth from Stanford research project to a 24,000-person operation that mediates our access to information. The book traces key decisions about search technology, China strategy, and social networking attempts, showing how Google's engineering mindset shaped its approach to problems.
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This is the definitive modern history of Google. Levy, a technology journalist with decades of credibility, shows you exactly why Google became dominant and what the company actually believes about organizing information.