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Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing Paperback - 1998
by Denning, Peter J.,Metcalfe, Robert M
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- Paperback
As the 16 contributors to this volume make clear, the scientific, economic, and social impacts of computers are only beginning to be felt. This brilliantly eclectic collection will fascinate anybody with an interest in computers and where they are taking us. The book "offers a collection of 24 essays of astonishing intellectual reach" (Steven Manes, "The New York Times").
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- Title Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing
- Author Denning, Peter J.,Metcalfe, Robert M
- Binding Paperback
- Edition U. S. EDITION
- Condition Used - Very good
- Pages 313
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Copernicus, NY
- Publication date 9/25/1998 12:00:01 A
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000773521
- ISBN 9780387985886 / 0387985883
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.19 x 6.11 x 0.95 in (23.34 x 15.52 x 2.41 cm)
- Size 0.9488 in x 9.1890 in x 6.1102 i
- Category Computers - General Information
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96-37790
- Dewey Decimal Code 004.090
- Quantity available 1
- Bookseller catalogues Book
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Try to imagine all the new kinds of computers that will arrive in the next generation or two.
