The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia

INTERNET. Wikipedia has been hailed as the most revolutionary aid to the spread of human knowledge since Gutenberg's printing press. In less than a decade it has single-handedly invigorated and torn up the very idea of an encyclopedia', eclipsing every rival tome in every language in the world. So now, for the first time, Andrew Lih tells the Wikipedia story. A story which challenges some of our most cherished notions from neutrality, authority and ownership to civil liberties and the profit motive and explains how a bunch of geeks built the world's greatest encyclopedia. Andrew Lih is an academic who writes and commentates on new media, journalism and technology. He has taught at Columbia University and the University of Hong Kong. www.andrewlih.com.