THE SHALLOWS What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains Nicholas Carr New York: W. W. Norton & Co., June 2011 |
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ISBN-13 978-0-393-33975-8 | ||||
ISBN-10 0-393-33975-0 | 280pp. | SC | $15.95 |
Page 179: | "Erasmus's advice echoed that of the Roman Seneca, who also used a botanical metaphor to describe the essential role that memory plays in reading and in thinking. 'We should imitate bees,' Seneca wrote..." |
Sorry, this is not a botanical metaphor. |