Networked Life: 20 Questions and Answers
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (535 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1107024943 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 503 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Providing easily understandable answers for the casually curious, alongside detailed explanations for those looking for in-depth discussion, this thought-provoking book is essential reading for students in engineering, science and economics, for network industry professionals and anyone curious about how technological and social networks really work.. How does Google sell ad space and rank webpages? How does Netflix recommend movies and rank products? How can you influence people on Facebook and Twitter and can you really reach anyone in six steps? Why doesn't the Internet collapse under congestion and does it have an Achilles' heel? Why are you charged per gigabyte for mobile data and how can Skype and BitTorrent be free? How are cloud services so scalable and why is WiFi slower at hotspots than at home? Driven by twenty real-world questions about our networked lives, this book explores the technology behind the multi-trillion dollar Internet and wireless industries
Often at the end a section it leaves the reader asking questions; then exactly those questions are answered in the subsequent section. The author does not intend to replace traditional networking books, but wants to enhance them in a way that encompasses the new discipline of network scienceChiang manages to avoid information overload by using examples from well-known real-world services and technologies, making it easy to relate theory to practice. The book could be used in advanced undergraduate courses or in a p
NOT for the Casual Reader This is a tough book to review. On the one hand I want to give it one star and on the other hand I want to give it five stars. Let me explain. The problem is the way that the book is being marketed. In part the description for the book on Amazon states, "How does Netflix recommend movies and Amazon rank products? Driven by twenty real-world questions about our networked lives, this book explores the technology behind the multi-trillion dollar Interne. Does Google rule the world? In his new book Networked Life, award-winning Princeton professor of Electrical Engineering Mung Chiang gives 20 questions and answers about how Google, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, YouTube, Twitter and many other networks shape and control our everyday life.I came to know about the book through Coursera, where Mung Chiang's course Networks: Friends, Money, and Bytes caught my eye. I was especially intrigued by the question: How does Google rank webpag. This is an excellent introduction into the world of online networking and the answer to questions we all want to know Deb One of the most interesting things about networking, not in the computer sense, is that courses like Professor Mung Chiang's are now available to all comers. Coursera has networked and provided free online courses to "empower people with education that has so far been available only to a select few." Would you enjoy taking a course that has been available only to students of engineering at Princeton? I've tried MIT courseware and have enjoyed being i
He has received the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award and a US Presidential Award for Scientists and Engineers, for his research on networking. A co-founder and advisor to several startups, he also received a Technology Review TR35 Award for his contributions to network technology innovation and is a Fellow of the IEEE. . Mung Chiang is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at