The Computer in the 21st century
By: the editors
Series: Scientific American special issue; Scientific American
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Computer networks -- Law and legislation; Computer security
Table of contents: value: Networked computing in the 1990s / Lawrence G. Tesler; value: Communications, computers and networks / Michael L. Dertouzos; value: Domesticating cyberspace / Gary Stix; value: Networks / Vinton G. Cerf; value: Lightwave communications : the fifth generation / Emmanuel Desurvire; value: Microlasers / Jack L. Jewell, James P. Harbison, Axel Scherer; value: Flat-panel displays / Steven W. Depp, Webster E. Howard; value: The computer for the 21st century / Mark Weiser; value: The future of the transistor / Robert W. Keyes; value: Single electronics / Konstantin K. Likarev, Tord Claeson; value: Products and services for computer networks / Nicholas P. Negroponte; value: When is seeing believing? / William J. Mitchell; value: Computers and architecture / Donald P. Greenberg; value: Computers, networks and work / Lee Sproull, Sara Kiesler; value: Computers, networks and the corporation / Thomas W. Malone, John F. Rockart; value: Computers, networks and education / Alan C. Kay; value: Infrastructure for the global village / Al Gore; value: Common law for the electronic frontier / Anne W. Branscomb; value: Quantum cryptography / Charles H. Bennett, Gilles Brassard, Artur K. Ekert; value: Civil liberties in cyberspace / Mitchell Kapor; value: The risks of software / Bev Littlewood, Lorenzo Strigini; value: Wire pirates / Paul Wallich