Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson is a writer and technology critic. He appears weekly on Digital Planet on the BBC World Service and writes for anyone who will pay.
Articles by Bill Thompson
Book review: Barefoot into Cyberspace by Becky Hogge
Bill Thompson embraces the digital revolution
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Makers by Cory Doctorow
Bill Thompson enjoys a sci-fi writer growing up
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What would Google do? by Jeff Jarvis
Can Google's philosophy change the world? Bill Thompson finds out
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Teenagers: A Natural History by David Bainbridge
Bill Thompson gets down with the kids
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ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century by Susan Greenfield
Bill Thompson has mixed feelings about Susan Greenfield
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Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
Bill Thompson finds Michio Kaku's science impossibly bad
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Facebook knows I’m an atheist
Social networkers are broadcasting their unbelief all over the web, says Bill Thompson. And in doing so they might just help raise the profile of atheism.
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The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr
Bill Thompson is excited by the digital revolution
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Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You by Marcus Chown
Bill Thompson enjoys an introduction to quantum physics
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Genesis Machines: The New Science of Biocomputation by Martyn Amos
Bill Thompson investigates bio-computing with Martyn Amos
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