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BL
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722556
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b542268
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edited by Peter J. Denning.
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Talking Back to the Machine : : Computers and Human Aspiration\ edited by Peter J. Denning.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY: Springer New York, 1999
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(xxiv, 193 pages 10 illustrations)
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| ISBN
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146122148X
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: 9781461221487
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| Contents
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Foreword (Robert Metcalfe) --;Preface (Peter Denning) --;Introduction (James Burke) --;The Folly of Prediction (Gordon Bell) --;Non-Electronic Computing (Joel Birnbaum) --;The Future of the Internet (Vin Cerf) --;The Transformation of Stories (Brian Ferrin) --;Information Technology and Business (Fernando Flores) --;The Quality of Information (Murray Gell-Mann) --;Telecommunications in the Future (Reed Hundt) --;The Cultural Impact of Information Technology (Laurel) --;Intelligent Agents and Software Technology (Patti Maes) --;The Future of Semiconductors (Mead) --;The Future of Software (With Some Speculations about Windows 47) (Nathan Myhrvold) --;Information Technology and the Face of War (William Perry) --;How Computing Research Will Pay Off (Raj Reddy) --;Computers and Early Education (Eliot Soloway) --;The Dark Side of Information Technology (Bruce Sterling) --;Learning to Predict the Future from the Past (Wilkes) --;Insert: A Tour of the Exhibits (Dave Kasik).
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From one of the editors of the renowned book Beyond Calculation, acclaimed by The New York Times for its "astonishing intellectual reach", comes a new collection of equal brilliance.
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Mathematics.
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| LC Classification
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QA76.9.C66E358 1999
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Peter J Denning
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