40 THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL INFORMATION Storage, Retrieval, Search, and the Construction of Knowledge (1955)

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. “A CAPE COD YANKEE” vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. FOREWORD xv
5. INTRODUCTION xix
6. EDITOR’S NOTE xxxvii
7. 1 PREFACE TO OPERATIONAL CIRCUIT ANALYSIS (1929) 1
8. 2 THE KEY TO ACCOMPLISHMENT (1932) 4
9. 3 THE INSCRUTABLE PAST (1933) 11
10. 4 THE WARREN WEAVER LETTERS ON THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING MACHINERY (1933) 15
11. 5 THE PERSISTENT FALLACY OF THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR (1933) 21
12. 6 STIMULATION OF NEW PRODUCTS AND NEW INDUSTRIES BY THE DEPRESSION (1934) 24
13. 7 THE BUSINESSMAN IN THIS SITUATION (1934) 29
14. 8 AGAINST ISOLATION AND FOR APPLYING SCIENCE TO WAR (1935) 32
15. 9 THE ENGINEER AND HIS RELATION TO GOVERNMENT (1937) 35
16. 10 THE QUALITIES OF A PROFESSION (1939) 42
17. 11 INNOVATION, ENTERPRISE, AND THE CONCENTRATION OF ECONOMIC POWER (1939) 55
18. 12 LETTER TO HERBERT HOOVER ON “THE WHOLE WORLD SITUATION” (1939) 67
19. 13 LETTER TO ARCHIBALD MACLEISH ON “ADEQUATE HANDLING OF LARGE MASSES OF PHOTOGRAPHS” (1940) 71
20. 14 “LEAVE NO STONES UNTURNED IN RESEARCH” (1940) 74
21. 15 “TO THE THINGS OF THE MIND” (1941) Memorandum Regarding Memex 76
22. 16 SCIENCE AND NATIONAL DEFENSE (1941) 81
23. 17 EDISON AND OUR TRADITION OF OPPORTUNITY (1944) 88
24. 18 SALIENT POINTS CONCERNING FUTURE OF ATOMIC BOMBS (1944) 93
25. 19 THE BUILDERS (1945) 98
26. 20 TEAMWORK OF TECHNICIANS (1945) 101
27. 21 AS WE MAY THINK (1945) 108
28. 22 “LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL” TO PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN (1945) 130
29. 23 “SUMMARY” OF SCIENCE, THE ENDLESS FRONTIER (1945) 133
30. 24 SOLDIERS AND SCIENTISTS IN PARTNERSHIP (1946) 140
31. 25 ORGANIZING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR WAR (1946) 144
32. 26 THE DANGER OF DICTATION OF SCIENCE BY LAYMEN (1946) 147
33. 27 SHOULD SCIENTISTS RESIST MILITARY INTRUSION? (1947) 154
34. 28 SCIENCE, DEMOCRACY, AND WAR (1949) 157
35. 29 HOW SCIENCE WORKS, OR DOESN’T, UNDER TOTALITARIANISM (1949) 166
36. 30 THE ESSENCE OF SECURITY (1949) 175
37. 31 THE ATOMIC BOMB AND THE DEFENSE OF THE FREE WORLD (1951) 180
38. 32 A FEW QUICK (1951) 187
39. 33 ON LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (1951) 205
40. 34 “THE TIMING OF THE THERMONUCLEAR TEST” (1952) 209
41. 35 “THE SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING” (1953) 220
42. 36 THE PEAK WAVE OF PROGRESS IN DIGITAL MACHINERY (1954) 224
43. 37 “AN OPPORTUNITY WAS MISSED” TO HALT NUCLEAR ARMS RACE (1954) 229
44. 38 IN THE MATTER OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER (1954) 234
45. 39 SOME THINGS WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT SOLAR POWER (1954) 247
46. 40 THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL INFORMATION Storage, Retrieval, Search, and the Construction of Knowledge (1955) 250
47. 41 FAITH AND SCIENCE (1955) 254
48. 42 WHY DO WE PURSUE SCIENCE AT ALL? (1955) 259
49. 43 THE PIONEER (1957) 264
50. 44 “THOSE WHO TALK FREQUENTLY BECOME IGNORED” (1957/1959) 270
51. 45 ON SPUTNIK (1957) 276
52. 46 “ALL-OUT WAR UNTHINKABLE TO ANY SANE INDIVIDUAL” (1959) 279
53. 47 MACHINES TO FREE MEN’S MINDS (1960) 281
54. 48 ON SPACE EXPLORATION The James Webb Letters (1961–1963) 285
55. 49 THE OTHER FELLOWS’ BALL PARK (1961) 292
56. 50 TWO CULTURES (1962) 295
57. 51 AUTOMATION’S AWKWARD AGE (1962) 302
58. 52 WHAT IS RESEARCH? (1963) 306
59. 53 THE ART OF MANAGEMENT (1967) 312
60. 54 “ON THE DIFFICULTY IN VIETNAM” (1967) 319
61. 55 “DO BIRDS SING FOR THE JOY OF SINGING?” (1970) 322
62. 56 THE REVOLUTION IN MACHINES TO REDUCE MENTAL DRUDGERY (1970) 324
63. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 331
64. INDEX 335