
Talking Back to the Machine
Computers and Human Aspiration
Peter J. Denning(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 28. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXIV, 193 pages
978-1-4612-7433-9 (ISBN)
Description
From the editors of the wildly successful Beyond Calculation, acclaimed by the New York Times for its "astonishing intellectual reach," comes a new collection of equal brilliance. Focusing on the human impact of computers, Talking to the Machine features such outstanding thinkers as Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann, bestselling author James Burke, Defense Secretary William Perry and others, as they describe the many ways, both good and bad, in which our lives will be altered by information technology, and what we can do to influence these changes.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Popular/general
Illustrations
XXIV, 193 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
341 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4612-7433-9 (9781461274339)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-2148-7
Schweitzer Classification
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06/1999
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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.