Intertwingled
The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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. 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; provides a contribution from Ted Nelson himself. With a broad appeal spanning computer scientists, science historians and the general reader, this inspiring collection reveals the continuing influence of the original visionary ofthe World Wide Web.
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.
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Intertwingled “
Part I: Artistic Contributions.- The Computer Age.- Odes to Ted Nelson.- Part II: Peer Histories.- The Two-eyed Man.- Ted Nelson's Xanadu-Caution: Four Letter Words Ahead.- Hanging Out with Ted Nelson.- Riffing on Ted Nelson-Hypermind.- Intertwingled Inspiration.- An Advanced Book for Beginners.- Part III: Hypertext and Ted Nelson-Influenced Research.- The Importance of Ted's Vision.- Data, Metadata and Ted.- Making Links: Everything Really is Deeply Intertwingled.- Ted Nelson.- History Debugged.- We Can and Must Understand Computers NOW.- The Future of Transclusion.- Ted Nelson: A Critical (and Critically Incomplete) Bibliography.- Part IV: The Last Word.- What Box?.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2015, 1st ed. 2015, XVI, 150 Seiten, Masse: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Daniele C. Struppa, Douglas R. Dechow
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3319169246
- ISBN-13: 9783319169248
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.07.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
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