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The Computer Age: A Twenty-Year View
Edited by
Michael L. Dertouzos,
Michael L. Dertouzos
Michael L. Dertouzos. is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of MIT's Laboratory of Computer Science.
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The MIT Press
ISBN electronic:
9780262256001
Publication date:
1980
The past and future of computers in our lives, from science and business to the home.
Gathered from twenty leading authorities in computer science, the chapters of The Computer Age range across a broad spectrum of topics—from technological trends and needs to social questions, such as the changing economics of information, ownership principles, regulation, the range of potential computer uses, from science and business to the home.
The Computer Age: A Twenty-Year View
Edited by: Michael L. Dertouzos, Joel Moses
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/2034.001.0001
ISBN (electronic): 9780262256001
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 1980
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Table of Contents
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I: Prospects for the Individual
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II: Trends in Traditional Computer Uses
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III: Socioeconomic Effects and Expectations
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IV: Trends in the Underlying Technologies
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V: Critiques
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