The Silicon Jungle
by David H. Rothman
Publisher: Ballantine Books 1985
ISBN/ASIN: 0345320638
ISBN-13: 9780345320636
Number of pages: 385
Description:
Americans are fighting each other not just in the marketplace but also in the Silicon Jungle. The jungle is not greenery. It is not land. It is nothing more than the mineral in tiny computer chips that switch electronic impulses ...
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