Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing

Denning, Peter J.; Metcalfe, Robert M.

ISBN 10: 0387949321 / ISBN 13: 9780387949321

Edité par New York, NY, Copernicus Books / Springer Verlag, 1997, 1997

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing
• Éditeur: New York, NY, Copernicus Books / Springer Verlag, 1997
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0387949321
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780387949321
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de la jaquette: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

In March 1997, the Association for Computing Machinery celebrated the 50th anniversary of the electronic computer. To understand what an extraordinary 50 years the computer has had, one need only look around - probably no farther than one's desk. Computers are everywhere: in our cars, our homes, our supermarkets, at the phone company office, and at the local hospital - but, as the contributors to this volume make clear, the scientific, social and economic impact of computers is only beginning to be felt. These 16 invited essays on the future of computing take on a great variety of topics, with opinions from such experts as Gordon Bell, Sherry Turkle, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Paul Abraham, Donald Norman, Franz Alt and David Gelernter.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In March 1997, the Association for Computing Machinery celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the electronic computer. To understand what an extraordinary fifty years the computer has had, you need only look around you--probably no farther than your desk. Computers are everywhere: in our cars, our homes, our supermarkets, at the phone company office, and at your local hospital. But as the contributors to this volume make clear, the scientific, social and economic impact of computers is only beginning to be felt. These sixteen invited essays on the future of computing take on a dazzling variety of topics, with opinions from such experts as Gordon Bell, Sherry Turkle, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Paul Abraham, Donald Norman, Franz Alt, and David Gelernter. This brilliantly eclectic collection, commissioned to celebrate a major milestone in an ongoing technological revolution, and now in its second printing, will fascinate anybody with an interest in computers and where they're taking us.