Google book database opens window on culture

Friday, December 17, 2010 - 12:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Google has launched a searchable database of 500 billion words contained in 5.2 million books published between 1500 and 2008 - billed by The Atlantic magazine as the 'time suck of the day.'

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