Next: The Coming Era in Science - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0316611336 ISBN 13 : 9780316611336

Editeur : Little Brown & Co, 1988

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From Publishers Weekly

Students particularly will welcome this gathering of nine lucid, insightful essays on the possibles and probables of science and technology in the 21st century, a "coming era" that will bring marvels "really never dreamed of." This useful summation of where sci-tech stands and where it is headed offers a convenient introduction to the field. Noble, deputy director of science news for the New York Times, includes pieces by four of his Times colleagues: Richard Flaste and Peter Lewis write about thinking computers, Andrew Pollack on optic fibers and John Noble Wilford on space exploration. Fermi National Lab director Leon Lederman opens the book with an absorbing overview of science from Pythagoras to modern quantum theory, particle physics and GUTs (Grand Unified Theories). Following are PC Week editor Michael Edelhart's predictions about "biochips" and a merger of computers and biology. Equally enlightening are science writers Wayne Biddle's future view of a satellite-thick sky and Tim Ferris's forecast on where GUTs might lead us.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

A collection of nine provocative essays assessing science and technology as they will most certainly develop into the 21st century. Written mostly by science writers and journalists, these essays probe a variety of issues, including artificial intelligence, supercomputers, the "biochip," telecommunications, manmade satellites, space exploration, and cosmology. Not highly speculative fantasies of a distant future, the essays are instead reliable in detail, intelligently written, and directed to the lay reader. Robert Paul, Dickinson Coll., Carlisle, Pa.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Little Brown & Co
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0316611336
• ISBN 13: 9780316611336
• Reliure: Broché
• Éditeur: Noble Holcomb B.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible