Too soon to tell : essays for the end of the computer revolution /
Based on author David A. Grier's column "In Our Time," which runs monthly in Computer magazine, Too Soon To Tell presents a collection of essays skillfully written about the computer age, an era that began February 1946. Examining ideas that are both contemporary and timeless, these c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. : Los Alamitos, CA :
Wiley ; IEEE Computer Society,
©2009.
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| Series: | Perspectives.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Based on author David A. Grier's column "In Our Time," which runs monthly in Computer magazine, Too Soon To Tell presents a collection of essays skillfully written about the computer age, an era that began February 1946. Examining ideas that are both contemporary and timeless, these chronological essays examine the revolutionary nature of the computer, the relation between machines and human institutions, and the connections between fathers and sons to provide general readers with a picture of a specific technology that attempted to rebuild human institutions in its own image. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470422403 0470422408 9780470422397 0470422394 1282137085 9781282137080 |