2030 - Technology That Will Change the World

Informationen zum Autor Rutger van Santen is on the Faculty of Chemistry of Eindhoven University of Technology. He was awarded the Spinoza Prize in 1997 for his contribution to science. Djan Khoe is Professor of Electro-Optical Communication at Eindhoven University of Technology. An award-winning researcher, he has been honored as a Fellow of both the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and the Optical Society of America. Bram Vermeer is a freelance science journalist who has been writing about technology for the newspapers and scientific journals for 25 years. Klappentext Imagine living in 1958, and knowing that the integrated circuit - the microchip - was about to be invented, and would revolutionize the world. Or imagine 1992, when the Internet was about to transform virtually every aspect of our lives. Incredibly, this book argues that we stand at such a moment right now - and not just in one field, but in many. Zusammenfassung Imagine living in 1958, and knowing that the integrated circuit - the microchip - was about to be invented, and would revolutionize the world. Or imagine 1992, when the Internet was about to transform virtually every aspect of our lives. Incredibly, this book argues that we stand at such a moment right now - and not just in one field, but in many.

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• Authors: Dja Khoe, Djan Khoe, Djan (Professor of Electro-Optical Communcation Khoe, Khoe Djan, Rutger van Santen, Rutge Van Santen, Rutger van Santen, Rutger (Distinguished Academy Professor van Santen, Rutger/ Khoe Van Santen, Rutger VanSanten, Bram Vermeer, Bram (Freelance Science Journalist) Vermeer, Vermeer Bram, Bram Vermer
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2010
• EAN: 9780195377170
• ISBN: 978-0-19-537717-0
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 243 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Wissenschaft, Technologie, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies