High-Tech Society

High Tech Society is the most definitive account available of the
technology revolution that is transforming society and dramatically changing the way
we live and work and maybe even think. It provides a balanced and sane overview of
the opportunities as well as the dangers we face from new advances in information
technology. In plain English, Forester demystifies "computerese," defining and
explaining a host of acronyms or computer terms now in use.Tom Forester is Lecturer
and Director of the Foundation Programme in the School of Computing and Information
Technology, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. He is the editor/author of
five books on technology and society.