Turning Point - How IT is Changing our World

Modern information technology permeates and transforms our world-far more intensely than most of us realize. The book describes its origin, history, and essential drivers. It elaborates on the substantial importance the new world power of IT has gained for our social, economic, and political lives. It provides the reader with interesting, easily understandable, and balanced guidance on a complex topic. It highlights major development lines and explains concepts such as artificial intelligence, algorithms, and blockchains.

List of contents

The New Era.- The Path to the Modern Computer.- The Development of the Post-War Period.- IT and Economy.- IT and Politics.- The Reinvention of Crime.- The Future Agenda.

About the author

Dr. Jürgen Müller studied history and political science in Trier, Vienna, and Rome, and then "accidentally" found his way into IT. He has spent more than 30 years there, primarily in Europe and the USA. In this book, he combines his extensive international experience in the computer industry with humanities-related questions, resulting in a very rare and worthwhile synthesis.

Product details

• Authors: Jurgen Muller, Jürgen Müller
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2024
• EAN: 9783658460785
• ISBN: 978-3-658-46078-5
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; Technikgeschichte, Informatik, Informationstechnik (IT), allgemeine Themen, cybercrime, History of Computing, Computing Milieux, Digital Ethics, History of IT, Effects of Digitalization, Behavior on the Internet, IT and Society, Politics and Digitalization, Economy and Digitalization