
Talking Back to the Machine
Computers and Human Aspiration
Peter J. Denning(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 4. June 1999
Book
Hardback
XXIV, 193 pages
978-0-387-98413-1 (ISBN)
Description
From the editors of the wildly successful
Beyond Calculation
comes another exploration of the overwhelming impact of
computers on our future. This time, the essays focus on the
human impact of computer technology and culture: how
computers will affect the ways we teach, learn, communicate,
relate to each other, and live in the coming decades. The
contributors, representing the best of many fields, include
Secretary of Defense William Perry on how computers will
affect warfare; Brian Ferrin on technology and storytelling;
Patti Maes on intelligent agents; Nobel Laureate Murray
Gell-Mann on the quality of information; Eliot Soloway on
the impact of computers on education; and many more. Like
Beyond Calculation
, praised by the New York Times for its
"astonishing intellectual reach," this sequel engages readers with some of the most compelling and important issues of our time.
More details
Edition
1999 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Popular/general
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XXIV, 193 p.
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-387-98413-1 (9780387984131)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-2148-7
Schweitzer Classification
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Content
Content.- 1. The Folly of Prediction.- 2. Life Without Bits.- 3. Alternative Computing.- 4. Very Personal Computers.- 5. I, Software.- 6. The Lost Art of Storytelling.- 7. The Digital Battlefield.- 8. Entering the Age of Convenience.- 9. In the Belly of the Net.- 10. When Computers Become Human.- 11. A Half Century of Surprises.- 12. The Interactive Classroom.- 13. Delivering Bandwidth Like Pizza.- 14. Weird Futures.- 15. Teleportation, Time Travel, and Immortality.- 16. Pulling Diamonds from the Clay.- Closing Connections.- The Relics of '97.