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Author Denning, Peter J., 1942- author

Title Beyond calculation : the next fifty years of computing / Peter J. Denning, Robert M. Metcalfe ; foreword by James Burke
Published New York : Copernicus, [1997]
[New York] : Copernicus, [1997]
©1997
©1997

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Description xviii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents End-running human intelligence / Franz L. Alt -- A world without work / Paul W. Abrahams -- The design of interaction / Terry Winograd -- The stumbling titan / Bob O. Evans -- The leaders of the future / Fernando Flores -- Information warfare / Larry Druffel -- Virtual feudalism / Abbe Mowshowitz -- Sharing our planet / Donald D. Chamberlin -- There and not there / William J. Mitchell and Oliver Strimpel -- The dynamics of innovation / Dennis Tsichritzis -- How we will learn / Peter J. Denning
The revolution yet to happen / Gordon Bell and James N. Gray -- When they're everywhere / Vinton G. Cerf -- Beyond limits / Bob Frankston -- The tide, not the waves / Edsger W. Dijkstra -- How to think about trends / Richard W. Hamming -- The coming age of calm technology / Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown -- Growing up in the culture of simulation / Sherry Turkle -- Why it's good that computers don't work like the brain / Donald Norman -- The logic of dreams / David Gelernter
Summary Jacket: "Twenty-four of the world's leading experts tell us about the future of computers in business, in science, and in our lives ... Paul W. Abrahams -- Franz L. Alt -- Gordon Bell -- John Seely Brown -- James Burke -- Vinton G. Cerf -- Donald D. Chamberlin -- Peter J. Denning -- Edsger W. Dijkstra -- Larry Druffel -- Bob O. Evans -- Fernando Flores -- Bob Frankston -- David Gelernter -- James N. Gray -- Richard W. Hamming -- William J. Mitchell -- Abbe Mowshowitz -- Donald A. Norman -- Oliver Strimpel -- Dennis Tsichritzis -- Sherry Turkle -- Mark Weiser -- Terry Winograd."
Analysis Computers
Electronic data processing
Prognose
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Computers.
Electronic data processing.
Author Burke, James, 1936- writer of foreword
Metcalfe, Robert M., 1946- author
LC no. 96037790
ISBN 0387949321
0387985883
9780387949321
9780387985886