Beyond Calculation The Next Fifty Years of Computing

Name: Beyond Calculation The Next Fifty Years of Computing
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ISBN: 9780387985886

ISBN-10: 0387985883

ISBN-13: 9780387985886

Edition: 1997

Authors: Peter J. Denning, Robert M. Metcalfe, J. Burke

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To understand what an extraordinary past fifty years the computer has had, you need only to look around you. This volume makes clear, the scientific, economic, and social impact of the computer.

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 9/25/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 313
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.37" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Peter J. Denning is Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.



Foreword



Preface



Acknowledgments



The Coming Revolution



The Revolution Yet to Happen




When They're Everywhere




Beyond Limits




The Tide, Not the Waves




How to Think About Trends




The Coming Age of Calm Technology




Computers and Human Identity



Growing Up in the Culture of Simulation




Why It's Good That Computers Don't Work Like the Brain




The Logic of Dreams




End-Running Human Intelligence




A World Without Work




The Design of Interaction




Business and Innovation



The Stumbling Titan




The Leaders of the Future




Information Warfare




Virtual Feudalism




Sharing Our Planet




There and Not There




The Dynamics of Innovation




How We Will Learn



Contributors


Glossary


Index