Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 424 g
Reihe: History of Computing
The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson
Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 424 g
Reihe: History of Computing
ISBN: 978-3-319-16924-8
Verlag: Springer
This engaging volume celebrates the life and work of Theodor Holm “Ted” Nelson, a pioneer and legendary figure from the history of early computing. Presenting contributions from world-renowned computer scientists and figures from the media industry, the book delves into hypertext, the docuverse, Xanadu, and other products of Ted Nelson’s unique mind.
Topics and features: includes a cartoon and a sequence of poems created in Nelson’s honor, reflecting his wide-ranging and interdisciplinary intellect; presents peer histories, providing a sense of the milieu that resulted from Nelson’s ideas; contains personal accounts revealing what it is like to collaborate directly with Nelson; describes Nelson’s legacy from the perspective of his contemporaries from the computing world and the scholars who continue to examine his work; provides a contribution from Ted Nelson himself.
With a broad appeal spanning practitioners in computer science, historians of science and the general reader, this inspiring collection reveals the continuing influence of the original visionary of the World Wide Web.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein EDV & Informatik: Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
Weitere Infos & Material
Part I: Artistic Contributions
The Computer Age
Ed Subitzky
Odes to Ted Nelson
Ben Shneiderman
Part II: Peer Histories
The Two-eyed Man
Alan Kay
Ted Nelson’s Xanadu—Caution: Four Letter Words Ahead
Ken Knowlton
Hanging Out with Ted Nelson
Brewster Kahle
Riffing on Ted Nelson—Hypermind
Peter Schmideg and Laurie Spiegel
Intertwingled Inspiration
Andrew Pam
An Advanced Book for Beginners
Dick Heiser
Part III: Hypertext and Ted Nelson-Influenced Research
The Importance of Ted’s Vision
Belinda Barnet
Data, Metadata, and Ted
Christine L. Borgman
Making Links: Everything Really is Deeply Intertwingled
Wendy Hall
Ted Nelson
Frode Hegland
History Debugged
Daniel Rosenberg
We Can and Must Understand Computers NOW
Noah Wardrip-Fruin
The Future of Transclusion
Robert M. Akscyn
Ted Nelson: A Critical (and Critically Incomplete) Bibliography
Henry Lowood
Part IV: The Last Word
What Box?
Theodor Holm Nelson
