Man Computer by John Kemeny (23 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Paperback. Stated special member's edition. Moderate rubbing to cover, moderate wear along top and bottom edges of cover, and mild scratches and toning to cover but otherwise good reading copy with clean, unmarked pages throughout. Binding is solid.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1972. Softcover / Mass Market Paperback. Scribner's code A-10.72 (C) which means First Edition / 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light edgewear and light toning to pages. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 150 pp 12mo. In this provocative book, the author, John G. Kemeny, the President of Dartmouth College, presents a personalized view of what has happened in the first 25 years of modern computers. From this he goes on to a critical evaluation of the present state of the art and the various applications of computers and concludes wit an examination of what seems possible and likely to occur in the next 20 years and a description of several exciting new uses of computers which most of us will live to see. A clean very presentable copy.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. 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.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Book has considerable wear. No Highlighting or Underlining.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Special Members Edition. 151 + viii pp. Adrian N. Bouchard (Back Cover Photo) (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Paperback Original (PBO). A "provocative" book when first issued in 1972, the author, a mathematician & philosopher then serving as president of Dartmouth College, offers a critical evaluation of modern computer systems over the past 25 years & forecasts what might be possible over the next 25. A fascinating read in retrospective as we approach the end of the first quarter of the 21st century. The book is an expanded version of the author's "Man and Nature" lecture series, which he delivered at the American Museum of Natural History in fall 1972. In 151 pages with Notes & Index. This is a Paperback Original (PBO), the first printing in book form AND a special edition printed exclusively for members of that Museum in 1972. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, feels & looks never opened. Binding strong & straight, pages unmarked, but significantly tanned, commensurate with age, though completely supple. Tine scrape above price on front cover. Nicely protected in new clear mylar collector bag. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have here! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text has no marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1972 Scribners. First Edition. Pages are all clean tight and bright appears unread. Cover is clean and strong and spine is smooth.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. A standard copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean but has yellowed. Softcovers are clean and do not have edge wear. Spine has creasing. Pages 72 and 73 have a cracked hinge. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. Shipped in 100% recyclable material.…

mass market paperback. Condition: acceptable; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED12mo; 150 pages; acceptable mass market paperback; spine starting and slanting; spine head chip; few slight nicks to edges cover; tips bumped with chip; tanned pages; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book has moderate wear, some toning & sunning to edges. Interior appears clean.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood condition, spine starting in front, bumped tips, minor wear to edges and spine, 7.25in height, 151 pages.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in wraps. Rubbing on panel edges.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First edition. Kemeny managed to predict a large number of things that actually happened within these pages, though his timing on the predictions may have been off by some number of years. Kemeny together with Thomas Kurtz, developed the BASIC programming language. He served as President of Dartmouth College. Minimal edge wear to the dust jacket, pages are as new. First edition. 6½" - 9½". book.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Small coffee stain to page edges. A couple short tears to jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Viii, 151, (I). Black Cloth, Spine Lettered In Red, Red Endpapers. First Printing Indicated. Fine; Gift Inscription. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Light Rubbing At Corners.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover; large 8vo; 151 pp. Red endpapers. Black cloth with red titles. Top and bottom edges a little faded. Black DJ, not price-clipped, but slightly creased flaps. Light wear along the edges, small stains. VG+/VG. Book. …