BEYOND CALCULATION The Next Fifty Years of Computing

DENNING Peter J., METCALFE Robert M.

ISBN 10: 0387949321 / ISBN 13: 9780387949321

Published by New York: Copernicus Springer-Verlag, 1997. 9780387949321, 1997

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1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. xviii + 313, illus with figures (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BEYOND CALCULATION The Next Fifty Years of Computing
• Publisher: New York: Copernicus Springer-Verlag, 1997. 9780387949321
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387949321
• ISBN 13: 9780387949321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Beyond Calculation: The Next 50 Years Of Computing by Denning, Peter J. And Robert M.

About the Author

Robert Metcalfe is the inventor of the Ethernet technology and founder of the 3Com corporation. He is currently vice-president, technology at IDG and executive correspondent for Infoworld, where he writes a column that reaches over 500,000 readers worldwide. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Harvard.

Peter J. Denning is associate dean for computing and chair of the Computer Science Department in the School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University. He was formerly the founding director of the Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science at the NASA Ames Research Center, and the president of the Association for Computing Machinery 1980-82.