Beyond Calculation - by Peter J Denning & Robert M Metcalfe (Paperback)

About the Book

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").

Book Synopsis

The scientific, social and economic impact of computers is only beginning to be felt. These sixteen invited essays on the future of computing take on a dazzling variety of topics, featuring opinions from Gordon Bell, Paul Abraham, Sherry Turkle, David Gelernter, Donald Norman, Edsger W. Dijkstra, and many other notables. This brilliantly eclectic collection, commissioned to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first electronic computer, will fascinate anybody with an interest in computers and where they're taking us.