In the Plex

In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
AuthorSteven Levy
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGoogle
GenreNonfiction
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
12 July 2011 (US)
28 July 2011 (UK)
30 July 2011 (Asia)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages424
ISBN978-1-4165-9658-5
LC ClassHD9696.8.U64 G6657 2011
Preceded byThe Perfect Thing 

In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives is a 2011 book by American technology reporter Steven Levy. It covers the growth of the Google company from its academic project origins at Stanford to the company that is rolling in billions of long-tail advertising dollars, forms the central exchange for information on the internet, having by then already grown to 24,000 employees.