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Overview"In a highly engaging style, Rheingold tells the story of what he calls the patriarchs, pioneers, and infonauts of the computer, focusing in particular on such pioneers as J. C. R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Bob Taylor, and Alan Kay.The digital revolution did not begin with the teenage millionaires of Silicon Valley, claims Howard Rheingold, but with such early intellectual giants as Charles Babbage, George Boole, and John von Neumann. In a highly engaging style, Rheingold tells the story of what he calls the patriarchs, pioneers, and infonauts of the computer, focusing in particular on such pioneers as J. C. R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Bob Taylor, and Alan Kay. Taking the reader step by step from nineteenth-century mathematics to contemporary computing, he introduces a fascinating collection of eccentrics, mavericks, geniuses, and visionaries. The book was originally published in 1985, and Rheingold's attempt to envision computing in the 1990s turns out to have been remarkably prescient. This edition contains an afterword, in which Rheingold interviews some of the pioneers discussed in the book. As an exercise in what he calls ""retrospective futurism,"" Rheingold also looks back at how he looked forward." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Howard RheingoldPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780262681155ISBN 10: 0262681153 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 13 April 2000 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews. . . a special book, one of the best histories yet. -- Personal Computing A solid read. -- Washington Post Author InformationHoward Rheingold, an influential writer and thinker on social media, is the author of Tools for Thought- The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology, The Virtual Community- Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier (both published by the MIT Press), and Smart Mobs- The Next Social Revolution. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |