Microelectronics and Society
1st Edition
For Better or for Worse
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Table of Contents
(partial) Introduction: a new industrial revolution or just another technology?, A. King
The technology, T.R. Ide
The technology applied, R. Curnow & S. Curran
The impact on the enterprise, B. Lamborghini
The worker and the workplace, J. Evans
Microelectronics and macroeconomics, G. Friedrichs
A Third World perspective, J.F. Rada
Microelectronics in war, F. Barnaby
Information technology and society, K. Lenk
Microelectronics and world interdependence, A. King
Occupation versus work, A. Schaff
Description
Through automation and miniaturisation, microelectronics has vast potential for thrusting society into a new phase. It promises to revolutionise the information handling aspects of our lives. But to gain maximum benefit from this breakthrough, microelectronics must be harnessed to society's needs. To help this process a multidisciplinary group of authors has prepared a report to the Club of Rome on the likely impact of microelectronics on our futures
Readership
For general readers interested in societal change and particularly managers, trade unionists, social scientists and information technologists
Details
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Pergamon 1982
- Published:
- 26th February 1982
- Imprint:
- Pergamon
- eBook ISBN:
- 9781483292908
Reviews
@qu:...well thought out, comprehensive....Some of the essays stand out as simply admirable statements of the state of the art....Foremost among these is Ide's essay, 'The Technology'. Ide offers a good overview of the developmental history of computing, a clear and readable discussion of just what microprocessors are and their use in various kinds of implementations. What is especially nice about this essay is its ability to make the reader understand what is rather recondite engineering without resorting to unhappy technicality. This essay alone may be worth the price of the book.
@source:Forum for Correspondence and Contact
@qu:...very well written and...a very good reading base for courses in the macro-effects of computer technology.
@source:Ergonomics Abstracts, Volume 18/4
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About the Editors
G. Friedrichs
Affiliations and Expertise
German Metalworkers Union, Frankfurt, FRG
A. Schaff
Affiliations and Expertise
European Coordination Centre for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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