From Memex To Hypertext

by James M. Nyce, Paul Kahn

Overview

Vannevar Bush, the engineer who designed the world's most powerful analog computer, predicted the development of a new kind of computing machine he called Memex. For many computer and information scientists, Bush's Memex has been the prototype for a machine to help people think. This book contains Bush's essays, and original essays by academic and commerical researchers relating the state of art in personal computing, hypertext and information retrieval software to bush's ideas and Memex.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780125232708
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/17/1991
Pages:	367
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

The Creation of Memex. The Extension of Memex. The Legacy of Memex.

Editorial Reviews

Memex, a computer that was never built, was described in 1945 by pioneer computer engineer Bush, and foreshadowed the principles and operations of today's personal computers. Bush's writings about Memex are collected here for the first time, interspersed with essays by historians and computer researchers. His work with analog computers may be becoming relevant again. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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