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The Network Revolution: A Celebration Paperback - 1993
by Jacques F. Vallee; Vallee
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The most beautiful sound I have ever heard was the sound of the memory drum of an IBM 650 when the computer died.
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- Title The Network Revolution: A Celebration
- Author Jacques F. Vallee; Vallee
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Printing
- Pages 210
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ronin Publishing (CA), Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
- Date July 23, 1993
- ISBN 9780915904730 / 091590473X
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 82011328
- Dewey Decimal Code 001.640
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THE NETWORK REVOLUTION: Confessions of a Computer Scientist.
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Berkeley, CA:: And/Or Press,, (1982). First edition -. Very good in illustrated wrappers - minor wear to covers, light reading crease on spine. Scarce in the first edition. . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Trained initially in astrophysics and as an astronomer, Vallee was involved in early research into artificial intelligence in the 1960s, and in 1972, he became the principal investigator on the National Science Foundation project for computer networking, which developed one of the first ARPANET conferencing systems, Planning Network (PLANET), which predated instant messaging by many years. This book, written in non-technical language focuses on how computers have put humanity at a crossroads and have the power to change our lives - which they have done far more than envisioned. With the 2023 explosion of Chat AI, an anecdote he quotes from the French author Collette is more appropriate than ever. She describes a cataloguer at Paris's Bibliotheque…
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