Too Soon To Tell: Essays for the End of The Computer Revolution

Grier, David A.

ISBN 10: 0470080353 / ISBN 13: 9780470080351

Published by Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr, 2009

About this Item

Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Seller Inventory # S_400716439

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Too Soon To Tell: Essays for the End of The Computer Revolution
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470080353
• ISBN 13: 9780470080351
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Based on author David A. Grier's column "In Our Time," which runs monthly in Computer magazine, Too Soon To Tell presents a collection of essays skillfully written about the computer age, an era that began February 1946. Examining ideas that are both contemporary and timeless, these chronological essays examine the revolutionary nature of the computer, the relation between machines and human institutions, and the connections between fathers and sons to provide general readers with a picture of a specific technology that attempted to rebuild human institutions in its own image.

About the Author

David Alan Grier writes the "In Our Time" column for Computer magazine and is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. His first book, When Computers Were Human, won favorable reviews on NPR's Marketplace?and in Nature and Discover. Grier writes across a wide variety of genres, including general news pieces for the Washington Post, children's articles, and academic pieces for American Mathematical Monthly and the Communications of the ACM.