Alesso / Smith Connections

Patterns of Discovery
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-19152-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley - IEEE

"In their fascinating analysis of the recent history of informationtechnology, H. Peter Alesso and Craig F. Smith reveal the patternsin discovery and innovation that have brought us to the presenttipping point. . . .
A generation from now, every individual will have personallytailored access to the whole of knowledge . . . the sooner we allbegin to think about how we got here, and where we're going, thebetter. This exciting book is an essential
first step."
--From the Foreword by James Burke
Many people envision scientists as dispassionate characters whoslavishly repeat experiments until "eureka"--somethingunexpected happens. Actually, there is a great deal more to thestory of scientific discovery, but seeing "the big picture" is noteasy. Connections: Patterns of Discovery uses the primary tools offorecasting and three archetypal patterns ofdiscovery--Serendipity, Proof of Principle, and 1% Inspirationand 99% Perspiration--to discern relationships of pastdevelopments and synthesize a cohesive and compelling vision forthe future. It challenges readers to think of the consequences ofextrapolating trends, such as Moore's Law, to either reach realmachine intelligence or retrench in the face of physicallimitations. From this perspective,the book draws "the big picture"for the Information Revolution's innovations in chips, devices,software, and networks.
With a Foreword by James Burke and bursting with fascinatingdetail throughout, Connections: Patterns of Discovery is amust-read for computer scientists, technologists, programmers,hardware and software developers, students, and anyone with aninterest in tech-savvy topics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alesso, H. Peter

Smith, Craig F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Introduction.
Acknowledgements.
Organization of this Book.
Chapter 1: Connecting Information.
The Google Story.
Information Revolution.
Defining Information.
Looking Good.
Google Connects Information.
Patterns of Discovery.
Forecast for Connecting Information.
Chapter 2: Connecting Circuits.
The Moore' Law Story.
Edison's Electric Light.
The Vacuum Tube Diode.
The First Programmable Computers.
ENIAC.
The Transistor.
How Transistors Work.
The Proof of Principle for the Transistor.
The Microprocessor.
How Microprocessors Work.
Moore's law.
Patterns of Discovery.
Forecast for Connecting Circuits .
Chapter 3: Connecting Chips.
The Personal Computer Story.
Vannevar Bush.
Robert Taylor.
J.C.R. Licklider.
Alan Kay.
Butler Lampson.
Charles (Chuck) Thacker.
Personal Computing.
The Xerox Alto.
Apple Computer.
IBM PC.
Patterns of Discovery.
Forecast for Connecting Chips.
Chapter 4: Connecting Processes.
The Software Story.
John Von Neumann.
Claude Shannon.
The Evolution of Programming Languages.
Sir Charles Antony Richard (Tony) Hoare.
Software as an Industry.
Software Productivity.
Fourth Generation Languages.
Proprietary versus Open Standards.
Emergent Fifth Generation Languages (5GLs).
Charles Simonyi.
William H. Gates.
Linus Torvalds.
Patterns of Discovery.
Forecast for Connecting Processes.
Chapter 5: Connecting Machines.
The Ethernet Story.
Xerox PARC and Ethernet.
Robert Metcalf.
Patterns of Discovery.
Forecast for Connecting Machines.
Chapter 6: Connecting Networks.
The Internet Story.
Vint Cerf.
Transition to the World Wide Web.
Berners-Lee.
Patterns of Discovery.
Forecast for Connecting Machines.
Chapter 7: Connecting Devices.
The Ubiquitous Computing Story.
Ubiquitous Computing.
Mark Weiser.
Jeff Hawkins.
Patterns of Discovery.
Forecast for Connecting Devices.
Chapter 8: Connecting the Web.
The Ubiquitous Web Story.
Michael Dertouzos.
Project Oxygen.
Perfect Search.
Berners-Lee and the Semantic Web.
Patterns of Discovery.
Forecast for Connecting the Web.
Chapter 9: Connecting the Intelligence.
The Ubiquitous Intelligence Story.
Kurt Gödel.
Alan Turing.
Marvin Minsky.
Ubiquitous Intelligence .
The Web 'Brain'.
What is Web Intelligence?
Patterns of Discovery.
Forecast for Connecting Intelligence.
Chapter 10: Connecting Patterns.
Ray Kurzweil.
Evolving Complex Intelligence.
The Law of Accelerating Returns.
Singularities.
The Software of Intelligence.
Patterns.
Connecting Pattern.
Patterns of Discovery.
Forecasts for Connecting Patterns.
Epilog.
Bibliography.
Glossary.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

H. Peter Alesso is an innovator with twenty years of researchexperience at LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory (LLNL). AsEngineering Group Leader at LLNL, he has leda team of computerscientists and engineers in a wide range of successful software andhardware research projects. He has published several softwaretitles, numerous scientific journaland conference articles, andfour books.
Craig F. Smith, PhD, is a Fellow of the American Association forthe Advancement ofScience and is the Lawrence Livermore ChairProfessor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.His areas of interest include sensors, robotics, and automatedsystems; information technology applications; and future energysystems. Dr. Smith has coauthoredthree books and has publishednumerous scientific journal and conference articles on advancedengineering topics.