The Microelectronics Revolution - Hardcover

T. Forester

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262060752 ISBN 13: 9780262060752

Publisher: The MIT Press, 1981

Synopsis

The Microelectronics Revolution is a comprehensive guide to the silicon chip revolution and its impact on society. The distinguished contributors to this volume explain in turn the origins and nature of microelectronics, the characteristics of the burgeoning microchip industry and the increasing use of microprocessors in everyday products. The book details the impact of this new technology on society in separate chapters which take up automation on the factory floor, the word-processing revolution in the office, the consequences for employment, and the implications for industrial relations. A final section discusses the problems of a microelectronic age--'the information society.' With a discerning guide to further reading at the end of each chapter, this book forms a basis of management, trade union, and college courses on society and the new technology.

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About the Author

Mark V. Sauer, M.D., is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University in New York. He is Department Vice Chairman and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He has published over 200 articles on reproductive health issues, and his expertise is in assisted reproduction. He is a member of the Ethics Committee at Columbia Presbyterian.

Edition details

• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262060752
• ISBN 13: 9780262060752
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 589