Prophets of Computing: Visions of Society Transformed by Computing

Author:   Dick van Lente
Publisher:   Association of Computing Machinery,U.S.
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9781450398152


Pages:   556
Publication Date:   14 December 2022
Format:   Paperback
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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."

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Author:   Dick van Lente
Publisher:   Association of Computing Machinery,U.S.
Imprint:   Association of Computing Machinery,U.S.
Weight:   0.428kg
ISBN:  

9781450398152


ISBN 10:   1450398154
Pages:   556
Publication Date:   14 December 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Dick van Lente is a retired lecturer in cultural history at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is interested in the cultural aspects of the history of technology, especially during the Cold War period. He is the editor of The Nuclear Age in Popular Media (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). He serves as a review editor of the journal Technology and Culture.

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