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What we ask Google : a surprisingly hopeful history of humankind / Simon Rogers ; illustrations by Nigel Holmes.
Van Pelt Library ZA4234.G64 R64 2026
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rogers, Simon, 1967- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information behavior.
- Web search engines--Psychological aspects.
- Web search engines.
- Internet searching--Psychological aspects.
- Internet searching.
- Internet users--Psychology.
- Internet users.
- Google Trends.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- miscellanies.
- Physical Description:
- 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Surprisingly hopeful history of humankind
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Plume, [2026]
- Summary:
- "Ever wondered what goes through other people's minds--their silly questions, their inner anxieties, hopes, and dreams? In What We Ask Google, Simon Rogers explores insights from the world's biggest dataset: an epic snapshot, two decades long and counting, of our collective brain. What it reveals about us might surprise you. Every June, for instance, the world sees a spike in searches for "How to help a bee." Reassuringly, people consistently want to know, "How often can you donate plasma?" And despite superficial differences (such as the deeply divided world map of cat people vs. dog people), humanity has a lot more in common than we often acknowledge. After all, everywhere around the world, it's two a.m. when parents want to know how to get their baby to sleep. Brimming with insights that vary from the playful to the profound, What We Ask Google delves into the momentous and the mundane secrets of what we ask when we get the chance to ask anything, offering a surprisingly hopeful picture of humankind"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: When we ask for help
- Why am I so tired?
- How to ask politely
- How to boil an egg
- Why is my poo green
- Why does my dog eat grass?
- How does gravity work
- What does love feel like?
- Why do toddlers bite?
- Why is grief so lonely?
- How can I help?
- Appendix: What is Google Trends data?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798217176984
- OCLC:
- 1531446198
- Publisher Number:
- 90104394482
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