Robert M. Metcalfe

Indeholder "James Burke: Foreword", "Peter J. Denning, Robert M. Metcalfe: Preface", "Acknowledgements", "Part I: The Coming Revolution", " 1. Gordon Bell, James N. Gray: The Revolution Yet to Happen", " 2. Vinton G. Cerf: When They're Everywhere", " 3. Bob Frankston: Beyond Limits", " 4. Edsger W. Dijkstra: The Tide Not the Waves", " 5. Richard W. Hamming: How to Think About Trends", " 6. Mark Weiser, John Seely Brown: The Coming Age of Calm Technology", "Part II: Computers and Human Identity", " 7. Sherry Turkle: Growing Up in the Culture of Simulation", " 8. Donald Norman: Why It's Good That Computers Don't Work Like the Brain", " 9. David Gelernter: The Logic of Dreams", " 10. Franz L. Alt: End-Running Human Intelligence", " 11. Paul W. Abrahams: A World Without Work", " 12. Terry Winograd: The Design of Interaction", "Part III: Business and Innovation", " 13. Bob O. Evans: The Stumbling Titan", " 14. Fernando Flores: The Leaders of the Future", " 15. Larry Druffel: Information Warfare", " 16. Abbe Mowshowitz: Virtual Feudalism", " 17. Donald D. Chamberlin: Sharing Our Planet", " 18. William J. Mitchell, Oliver Strimpel: There and Not There", " 19. Dennis Tsichritzis: The Dynamics of Innovation", " 20. Peter J. Denning: How We Will Learn", "Contributors", "Glossary", "Index".

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