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The Dream Machine : J. C. R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal

by M. Mitchell Waldrop
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A study of the evolution of the modern computer profiles the work of MIT psychologist J. C. R. Licklider, whose visionary dream of a "human-computer symbiosis" transformed the course of modern science and led to the development of the personal computer. 35,000 first printing.

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Book Details

Published
August 1, 2001
Publisher
Penguin Putnam
Pages
528
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780670899760

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