The Thinking Things, (Paperback)

The race to create thinking machines started 5000 years ago. From Archimedes to Bill Gates, and from Charles Babbage to Tim Berners-Lee, the machines and the web weave an intricate and interesting tale. Meet the machines, the inventions and the inventors that have defined us; and will define our future. A must read for all computer scientists, and an interesting read for all those who are interested in computers and the web, this entertaining series of short stories will give a perspective that is unparalleled, and a vision that is breath-taking! This book is a bridge between the past and the future. In its pages, you will get a glimpse of the transformation of the WWW into an Intelligent Immersive Imagion that will change ourselves. Yes, the age of the machines is on!