Tools for Thought

The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology

Howard Rheingold

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MIT Press
13 April 2000

Series: Tools for Thought

In a highly engaging style, Rheingold tells the story of what he calls the patriarchs, pioneers, and infonauts of the computer, focusing in particular on such pioneers as J. C. R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Bob Taylor, and Alan Kay.

The digital revolution did not begin with the teenage millionaires of Silicon Valley, claims Howard Rheingold, but with such early intellectual giants as Charles Babbage, George Boole, and John von Neumann. In a highly engaging style, Rheingold tells the story of what he calls the patriarchs, pioneers, and infonauts of the computer, focusing in particular on such pioneers as J. C. R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Bob Taylor, and Alan Kay. Taking the reader step by step from nineteenth-century mathematics to contemporary computing, he introduces a fascinating collection of eccentrics, mavericks, geniuses, and visionaries.

The book was originally published in 1985, and Rheingold's attempt to envision computing in the 1990s turns out to have been remarkably prescient. This edition contains an afterword, in which Rheingold interviews some of the pioneers discussed in the book. As an exercise in what he calls ""retrospective futurism,"" Rheingold also looks back at how he looked forward.

By: Howard Rheingold
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780262681155
ISBN 10: 0262681153
Series: Tools for Thought
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 13 April 2000
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Howard Rheingold, an influential writer and thinker on social media, is the author of Tools for Thought- The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology, The Virtual Community- Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier (both published by the MIT Press), and Smart Mobs- The Next Social Revolution.