Talking Back to the Machine

Computers and Human Aspiration

By: J. Burke (Introduction by), Peter J. Denning (Editor)

Write A Review

Hardcover | 1 June 1999

At a Glance

Hardcover
222 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.42

Hardcover

$40.00

or 4 interest-free payments of $10.00 with

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

From the editors of the wildly successful Beyond Calculation comes another exploration of the overwhelming impact of computers on our future. This time, the essays focus on the human impact of computer technology and culture: how computers will affect the ways we teach, learn, communicate, relate to each other, and live in the coming decades. The contributors, representing the best of many fields, include Secretary of Defense William Perry on how computers will affect warfare; Brian Ferrin on technology and storytelling; Patti Maes on intelligent agents; Nobel Laureate Murray Gell-Mann on the quality of information; Eliot Soloway on the impact of computers on education; and many more. Like Beyond Calculation, praised by the New York Times for its "astonishing intellectual reach," this sequel engages readers with some of the most compelling and important issues of our time.

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $89.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction Mathematics Applied Mathematics Stochastics Computing & I.T.Information Technology General Issue Ethical & Social Aspects of IT Computer Science Human-Computer Interaction Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Social Forecasting

Artificial Intelligence Operating Systems

Then Now	p. ix
Opening Connections	p. xix
The Folly of Prediction	p. 1
Life Without Bits	p. 15
Alternative Computing	p. 23
Very Personal Computers	p. 37
I, Software	p. 45
The Lost Art of Storytelling	p. 55
The Digital Battlefield	p. 71
Entering the Age of Convenience	p. 81
In the Belly of the Net	p. 89
When Computers Become Human	p. 99
A Half Century of Surprises	p. 111
The Interactive Classroom	p. 117
Delivering Bandwidth Like Pizza	p. 125
Weird Futures	p. 133
Teleportation, Time Travel, and Immortality	p. 143
Pulling Diamonds from the Clay	p. 155
Closing Connections	p. 167
The Relics of '97	p. 175
Index	p. 189
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.

Talking Back to the Machine

Computers and Human Aspiration

At a Glance

Hardcover

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Mathematics

The Infinite Game

From the bestselling author of Start With Why

Tomoko Fuse's Amazing Kusudama Origami

Geometric Paper Art from Japan's Leading Expert!

The Art of Gathering

How We Meet and Why It Matters

How the World Really Works

A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present, and Future

The Selfish Gene

40th Anniversary Edition

Statistics and Data Handling for Biologists

A Student's Guide

Statistics and Data Handling for Biologists

A Student's Guide

Late Peirce

The Life and Thought of Charles S. Peirce from 1900-1914

Oxford Maths for Australian Schools Year 6 Value Pack

3rd Edition

Quantum Computing for Multimedia Processing, Teleportation, and Secure Networks

CRC Press Series on Quantum Information Processing and Computing

Statistics and Faith

A Christian Guide to Telling the Truth with Data

Antifragile

Things That Gain from Disorder

Oxford Maths for Australian Schools Year 3 Value Pack

3rd Edition

Recent Advances in Information Systems

Proceedings of the ICRAIS, Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius, 10-12 September 2025

Three Infinities in Mathematics

Projective Geometry, Infinitesimal Analysis, Set Theory

Bayesian Entrepreneurship

An Introduction to the Finite Element Method with the Variational Approach

Woo's Wonderful World of Maths

Super Fiendish Su Doku - Book 5

200 Of The Most Treacherous Sudoku Puzzles

Oxford Maths for Australian Schools Year 4 Value Pack

3rd Edition

The Black Swan

The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Maths Sequences for the Early Years F-2

Challenging Children to Reason Mathematically

Pre-Algebra Workbook Grades 6-8

Algebra

Oxford Maths for Australian Schools Value Pack Year 5

Oxford Maths

This product is categorised by