Prophets of Computing : Visions of Society Transformed by Computing

Dick van Lente

ISBN 10: 1450398170 / ISBN 13: 9781450398176

Editore: Association For Computing Machinery And Morgan & Claypool Publishers Dez 2022, 2022

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Neuware - When electronic digital computers first appeared after World War II, they appeared as a revolutionary force. Business management, the world of work, administrative life, the nation state, and soon enough everyday life were expected to change dramatically with these machines' use. Ever since, diverse prophecies of computing have continually emerged, through to the present day. Codice articolo 9781450398176

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Titolo: Prophets of Computing : Visions of Society ...

Casa editrice: Association For Computing Machinery And Morgan & Claypool Publishers Dez 2022

Data di pubblicazione: 2022

Legatura: Buch

Condizione: Neu

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When electronic digital computers first appeared after World War II, they appeared as a revolutionary force. Business management, the world of work, administrative life, the nation state, and soon enough everyday life were expected to change dramatically with these machines' use. Ever since, diverse prophecies of computing have continually emerged, through to the present day.

As computing spread beyond the US and UK, such prophecies emerged from strikingly different economic, political, and cultural conditions. This volume explores how these expectations differed, assesses unexpected commonalities, and suggests ways to understand the divergences and convergences.

This book examines thirteen countries, based on source material in ten different languages―the effort of an international team of scholars. In addition to analyses of debates, political changes, and popular speculations, we also show a wide range of pictorial representations of "the future with computers.