Tools for Thought
Subtitle: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology
Edition: 2 Rev Sub edition
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: April 18, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780262681155
Subjects: General Theory of Computing; Impact of computing & IT on society; Impact of science & technology on society; Social forecasting, futurology; Social history; Computer Science (General); Philosophy Of Technology; Computers; Technology & Industrial Arts; Psychology; General; Social Aspects; Technology / Social Aspects; Computer Science; History; Microcomputers; Technological innovations
First sentence: South of San Francisco and north of Silicon Valley, near the place where the pines on the horizon give way to live oaks and radiotelescopes, an unlikely subculture has been creating a new medium for human thought.