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Grier, David Alan, (1955 February 14-)

Too soon to tell = essays for the end of the computer revolution /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Too soon to tell/ David Alan Grier.
Reminder of title:	essays for the end of the computer revolution /
Author:	Grier, David Alan,
Published:	Hoboken, N.J. :Wiley ; : c2009.,
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 238 p.)
Subject:	Computers - History. -
Online resource:	http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=6381790
ISBN:	9780470422403 (electronic bk.)

Too soon to tell = essays for the end of the computer revolution /
Grier, David Alan,1955 February 14-

Too soon to tellessays for the end of the computer revolution /[electronic resource] :David Alan Grier. - Hoboken, N.J. :Wiley ;c2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 238 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-233) and index.

pt. 1: The Computer Era (1946-1973) -- pt. 2: The Age of Information (1974-1987) -- pt. 3: The Days of Cyberspace: (1986-2007).

Based on author David A. Grier's column "In Our Time," which runs monthly in Computer magazine, Too Soon To Tell presents a collection of essays skillfully written about the computer age, an era that began February 1946. Examining ideas that are both contemporary and timeless, these chronological essays examine the revolutionary nature of the computer, the relation between machines and human institutions, and the connections between fathers and sons to provide general readers with a picture of a specific technology that attempted to rebuild human institutions in its own image.

ISBN: 9780470422403 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1002/9780470422403doi

LCCN: 2009284560Subjects--Topical Terms:

678818
Computers
--History.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QA76.24 / .G75 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 004/.09

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