Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years Of Computing; Editor: Denning, Peter J.; Editor: Metcalfe, Robert M.; Hardback; Book

Editor: Denning, Peter J.; Editor: Metcalfe, Robert M.
Hardback; Book; 50 Figures
324 pages
Published: March 1997
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN: 0387949321
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Commissioned by the ACM to commemorate the next 50 years of computing, this brilliantly eclectic collection includes many fascinating predictions on the future of computing from the people instrumental in making it happen. Edited by two industry leaders, the book includes essays and insights from Gordon Bell, Jim Gray, Edsgar W. Dijkstra, and Paul Abraham. 15 illus. 313 pp. Pub: 3/97.These sixteen invited essays on the future of computing take on a dazzling variety of topics, as leading experts forecast the next fifty years of computing. These sixteen invited essays on the future of computing take on a dazzling variety of topics, as leading experts forecast the next fifty years of computing.This collection of 16 essays, written to mark the 50th anniversary of the electronic computer, examine the scientific, social and economic impact of computers on our lives.