The Information technology revolution

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Forester, Tom
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1985.
Edition1st MIT Press ed.
Subjects
Computers and civilization.
Computers.
Information technology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262291125
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xvii, 674 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • The anatomy of computing / John Halton
  • Software : the new driving force / Business Week
  • Chips : the US versus Japan / Charles H. Ferguson
  • The race to build a supercomputer / William D. Marbach et al.
  • Land of the rising fifth generation / Edward Feigenbaum and Pamela McCorduck
  • The myths of artificial intelligence / Joe Weizenbaum
  • The social impact of thinking machines / Margaret A. Boden
  • Evolution of the intelligent network / John S. Mayo
  • Telecommunications liberalization / Business Week
  • The magic of cellular radio / Duane L. Huff
  • The impact of cable / Robert D. Kahn and Martin L. Ernst
  • The videotex revolution / Martin Mayer
  • Personal computers / Hoo-min D. Toong and Amar Gupta
  • The psychology of personal computers / Sherry Turkle
  • Teleworking from home / Jack Nilles
  • Second thoughts on moving the office home / William L. Renfro
  • Here come the microkids / Frederic Golden
  • Computers for children / Seymour Papert
  • -Educational and social implications / Christopher Dede
  • Computers in manufacturing / C.A. Hudson
  • Industrial robots on the line / Robert Ayres and Steve Miller
  • Flexible manufacturing systems / Gene Bylinsky with Alicia Hills Moore
  • The mechanization of office work / Vincent E. Giuliano
  • The automated office : myth versus reality / A. Richard Immel
  • Personal computers invade offices / Business Week
  • Electronics in commerce / Martin L. Ernst
  • New technology in banking and shopping / John Marti and Anthony Zeilinger
  • Micros in medicine / James D. Meindl
  • Employment : the quantity of work. Automation is good for us / Patrick Jenkin
  • Job losses now, maybe some later / Tim Brady and Sonia Liff
  • High tech is low on jobs / Business Week
  • Women : the vulnerable group / Diane Werneke
  • The quality of employment in services / John Child et al.
  • The politics of technical change / Barry Wilkinson
  • Using the new technology / David A. Buchanan
  • -Robots at work / Fred K. Foulkes and Jeffrey L. Hirsch
  • Chips and crisps : labor faces a crunch / Bernard Leach and John Shutt
  • The making of the Metro / Paul Willman and Graham Winch
  • New technology and the unions / Roy Moore and Hugo Levie
  • Computer crime / Leslie D. Ball
  • Data protection / David Burnham
  • Electronic politics / Richard M. Neustadt
  • Information technology and the third world / Juan Rada
  • "Smart" weapons / William J. Perry and Cynthia A. Roberts
  • Long waves of economic development / Chris Freeman
  • Computopia / Yoneji Masuda
  • A new industrial revolution? / Howard Rosenbrock et al.
  • Some questions for the information society / Michael Marien.

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