The Invisible Future: The Seamless Integration Of Technology Into Everyday Life - Hardcover

Denning, Peter

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ISBN 10: 0071382240 ISBN 13: 9780071382243

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education, 2001

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An elite group of industry leaders from an assortment of technology-related fields gather together here to speculate about the implications of the technology for business, entertainment, science, engineering and education after 2020, when computers will be everywhere and almost completely invisible, These futurists focus on exploring how information technology will be reshaping our world. What will business and society be like when technology has completely saturated the events of everyday life? The relationship between man and machine, man and information, and information and machine is going to have radical consequences (both positive and negative) on future generations. This title consists of essays by 11 visionaries, derived from the March 2001 Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) conference. The book offers strategic direction on the future of our world saturated with computers and networks.

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Peter J. Denning, Ph.D., is professor of computer science and chair of the Information Technology Council at George Mason University. One of today's leading futurists and IT thought leaders, he was a pioneer in the early development of operating systems throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Over the past three decades, Dr. Denning has held numerous leadership positions in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He has published six books, including Talking Back to the Machine and Beyond Calculation, and over 280 articles on computers, networks, and operating systems.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the world's foremost educational and scientific computing society for professionals and students. Founded in 1947, ACM today has over 80,000 members.

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• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0071382240
• ISBN 13: 9780071382243
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256