Tools for Thought The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology

Name: Tools for Thought The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology
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ISBN: 9780262681155

ISBN-10: 0262681153

ISBN-13: 9780262681155

Edition: 2000

Authors: Howard Rheingold

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In this work, Howard Rheingold tells the story of what he call the patriarchs, pioneers and infonauts of the computer, focusing in particular on such pioneers as J.C.R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Bob Taylor and Alan Kay.

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 4/13/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.232




The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet



The First Programmer Was a Lady



The First Hacker and His Imaginary Machine



Johnny Builds Bombs and Johnny Builds Brains



Ex-Prodigies and Antiaircraft Guns



Inside Information



Machines to Think With



Witness to Software History: The Mascot of Project MAC



The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Thinker



The New Old Boys from the ARPAnet



The Birth of the Fantasy Amplifier



Brenda and the Future Squad



Knowledge Engineers and Epistemological Entrepreneurs



Xanadu, Network Culture, and Beyond


Afterword


Notes


Index