Google: How Larry Page & Sergey Brin Changed the Way We Search the Web

by Aurelia Jackson

Overview

Google is one of the most successful companies of the Internet age. For many people, looking up information with Google's search engine is the best way to find just what they want to know. Millions of people write and read e-mails using Google's Gmail. You can listen to music on Google Play or share a document with a friend using Google Drive. Today, Google also owns YouTube, the number-one video site on the Internet. You may use Google websites every day, but do you know the story of the men behind Google—Larry Page and Sergey Brin? Find out how Larry and Sergey started the company and how they got their first inspiration. Learn how Google grew to become the amazing success we all know today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422231821
Publisher:	National Highlights Inc.
Publication date:	08/28/2014
Series:	Wizards of Technology Series
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	1080L (what's this?)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

Each book in this ten-volume series provides biographical information about the founder (s) of one of the world’s most famous technology and internet-based companies (Amazon, Disney’s Pixar, Facebook, Google, Instagram, Netflix, Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter, and YouTube). In-depth descriptions of the founders’ products and business strategies show how they revolutionized the way people shop, search the web, communicate, take photos, etc. Especially emphasized are childhood influences and challenges and obstacles that ultimately contributed to product development and business success. Jack Dorsey’s childhood love of trains; fascination with train and emergency vehicle-dispatching and communication; and his own difficulties with oral communication all contributed to development of Twitter®, just as Larry Page’s Montessori education encouraged him to ‘think out of the box.’ Jeff Bezos (Amazon) turned his parents’ garage into a laboratory and started his first business in high school. These ‘wizards of technology’ all showed drive, resilience, and a willingness to take risks, and had the wherewithal to pursue and develop their ideas. Heavily illustrated with eye-catching photographs and highlighted terms, each book in this series includes “text-dependent questions,” research project recommendations, helpful sidebars, and definitions. These books will have general and academic appeal. (Wizards of Technology) Reviewer: Christina Miller; Ages 11 to 14.

VOYA, December 2014 (Vol. 37, No. 5) - Christina Miller

11/01/2014
Gr 9 Up—This series introduces readers to the people who created well-known social media and entertainment products. Written with an intense business focus, they analyze why Netflix and others brands are popular and illustrate their inventors' creative journeys. At times, conceptual graphics seem geared toward a business audience rather than an educational arena. For example, an image of people floating above an outstretched palm is meant to convey that Reed struggled to manage his employees, but it may not be clear to students. Well-written study questions encourage readers to return to the text and skim for relevant passages. Some questions call upon students to conduct Internet research or analyze different business models. These texts provide a realistic view of how adults learn and grow in the working world, learning from their mistakes. Students will understand what an innovator or entrepreneur is and how personal challenges—such as Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's speech impediment—can lead to new forms of communication. An inspiring series.

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