European Institute

"In the Plex, How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives,"  by Steven Levy.  Levy, the author of the now classic “The Hackers,”  got remarkable access into the Googleplex.  He explains how Google founders developed the ground breaking algorithms that have changed the way knowledge is accessed worldwide as well as the equally remarkable algorithms that have enabled Google to provide free internet, gmail and YouTube, while at the same time to reap astonishing revenues and profits.  Recommended by European Affairs. (4/22)