The Microelectronics Revolution (Mit Press) - Softcover

 
9780262560214: The Microelectronics Revolution (Mit Press)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0262560216 ISBN 13: 9780262560214
Publisher: MIT Press, 1981

Synopsis

A guide to the silicon chip revolution and its impact on society.

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

Tom Forester is a Lecturer in the, Division of Science and Technology at Griffith University in Australia. He is editor of The The Microelectronics Revolution and The Information Technology Revolution and author of High Tech Society.

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Publisher
MIT Press
Publication date
1981
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0262560216
ISBN 13 
9780262560214
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
589
Editor
Forester Deceased Tom

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