Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 226 pages : illustrations; 20 cm.

Summary

1. "The first section of the book notes that we have crossed an invisible line in our technological development, entering a phase characterized by the rapidly expanding use of computers ... The second section describes how the computer works. The third deals with the history of events that made computers ... possible. The fourth section considers the immediate impact that widespread use of the computer has had on our society"-- Preface.

Series statement

1. The Reference shelf ; v. 41, no. 6

Uniform title

1. Reference shelf ; v. 41, no. 6.

Subject

1. Electronic digital computers
2. Computers and civilization
3. Computers
4. computers

Contents

1. Dawning of a new age -- New dimension / Glenn T. Seaborg -- Boundless potential / Gilbert H. Burck -- Overnight success / William D. Smith -- Plugging in / Jermey Main -- Exploding uses / Sam Zagoria -- Man-machine partnership / Richard H. Bolt -- Social impact / Frederick L. Bates -- What manner of machine is this? -- What is a computer? / Fred C. Gielow -- Binary code -- Programming: words that move machines -- Solving a problem -- Analog computer / Robert Vichnevetsky -- How did the computer come about? -- Logic as a base / Corinne Jacker -- Early history / R. Wade Cole -- Versatile midgets -- Modern computers / Shirley Thomas -- Immediate impact -- Hardest blow / Ben Bagdikian -- Problem can be solved / David R. Jones -- Harbinger of the future? -- Computers and the moon shot / Christpher C. Kraft, Jr. -- Household computers / Scott R. Schmedel -- Superthieves / Alan Adelson -- Impact oversease / J.J. Servan-Schreiber -- Larger issues -- Don't tell it to the computer / Vance Packard -- Power tools for thinking / r Simon Ramo -- Search for meaning and change / Zbigniew Brzezinski -- Can machines think? -- Lifelong school / Richard Martin.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. 214-216.