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Too soon to tell : essays for the end of the computer revolution / David Alan Grier.

Title
Too soon to tell : essays for the end of the computer revolution / David Alan Grier.
Author
Grier, David Alan, 1955 February 14-
Publication
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley ; Los Alamitos, CA : IEEE Computer Society, c2009.

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xiii, 238 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"Too Soon to Tell is a revised and expanded collection of David Alan Grier's popular monthly column "In Our Time" for Computer magazine. In forty-three personal essays - twenty of which are entirely new for this publication - the author draws upon the experiences of everyday people, their companies, and their interactions to reveal how computers moved from the drawing table and into our offices and living rooms. The result is a book that offers a singular portrait of the computer revolution that has yet to be told." "Written in a simple, easy-to-follow style that is free of industry jargon, each essay begins with a short introduction that recounts the author's experiences with his students or those of the author's father and his generation of computer scientists which seamlessly connect the themes that are explored throughout the book. Set against a backdrop that spans more than half a century, this poignant book allows readers to gain an intimate and meaningful understanding of the relationship between humans and machines, the connections between fathers and sons, the impact of rapid technological change on the family, and the revolutionary nature of a technology that has rebuilt human institutions in its own image."--book jacket.
Subject
  • Computers > History
  • Computers in literature
  • Literature and technology
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-233) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
pt. 1: The Computer Era (1946-1973) -- pt. 2: The Age of Information (1974-1987) -- pt. 3: The Days of Cyberspace: (1986-2007).
ISBN
  • 9780470080351
  • 0470080353
OCLC
176924630
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library