The dream machine : J.C.R. Licklider and the revolution that made computing personal / M. Mitchell W...
The dream machine : J.C.R. Licklider and the revolution that made computing personal / M. Mitchell W...
The dream machine : J.C.R. Licklider and the revolution that made computing personal / M. Mitchell Waldrop.
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New York : Penguin, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N004.16092/1
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English
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502 p. : ill., port. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Prologue: Tracy's Dad -- Ch. 1: Missouri Boys -- Ch. 2: The Last Transition -- Ch. 3: New Kinds of People -- Ch. 4: The Freedom to Make Mistakes -- Ch. 5: The Tale of the Fig Tree and the Wasp -- Ch. 6: The Phenomena Surrounding Computers -- Ch. 7: The Intergalactic Network -- Ch. 8: Living in the F...
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New York : Penguin, 2002.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2002.
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"The year is 1962. More than a decade will pass before personal computers emerge from the garages of Silicon Valley, and a full thirty years before the Internet explosion of the 1990s. The word computer still has an ominous tone, conjuring up the image of a huge, intimidating device hidden away in an overlit, air-conditioned basement, relentlessly...
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The dream machine : J.C.R. Licklider and the revolution that made computing personal / M. Mitchell Waldrop.
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Includes index.
Bibliography, p. [483]-489.
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N004.16092/1
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74VvQwzNeLlg
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9780670899760 (alk. paper)
0670899763 (alk. paper)
014200135X (pbk.)
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004.16092
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991014385529702626
