The Dream Machine: J C R Licklider ...

The Dream Machine: J C R Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal. M Mitchell Waldrop. strange York: Viking, 2001. 503 pp $2995

Licklider, J C R

"In 'The Dream Machine,' M Mitchell Waldrop has written a sprawling history of the ideas, individuals and clumps of people that got us from poke cards to personal computers. He writes about the theoretical notions of abstract computing unfolded in the 1930's and the 1940's, the impetus World War II and the biting War provided, the growth of programming and business applications in the 50's and,