Ian Watson
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2012e druk, 2012
9783642281013
The Universal Machine
From the Dawn of Computing to Digital Consciousness
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Paperback, 353 blz.
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Engels
Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
2012e druk, 2012
ISBN13: 9783642281013
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Samenvatting
The computer unlike other inventions is universal; you can use a computer for many tasks: writing, composing music, designing buildings, creating movies, inhabiting virtual worlds, communicating...
This popular science history isn't just about technology but introduces the pioneers: Babbage, Turing, Apple's Wozniak and Jobs, Bill Gates, Tim Berners-Lee, Mark Zuckerberg. This story is about people and the changes computers have caused. In the future ubiquitous computing, AI, quantum and molecular computing could even make us immortal. The computer has been a radical invention. In less than a single human life computers are transforming economies and societies like no human invention before.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9783642281013
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:353
Uitgever:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Druk:2012
Hoofdrubriek:Automatisering algemeen, Computer en informatica
Inhoudsopgave
What is a Universal Tool?.- Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.- Office Automation.- Computers go to War.- Computers go to Work.- Deadheads & Propeller Heads.- The Computer gets Personal.- The Computer Revolution.- Weaving the Web.- Apple is Reborn.- Over the Horizon.- Resources.- Competitors.- About the Author.- Published books.
