Engineering tomorrow
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| Glavni autor: | Bell, Trudy E. (-) |
| Ostali autori: | Dooling, David (-), Fouke, Janie McLawhorn (Editor) |
| Vrsta građe: | Knjiga |
| Jezik: | eng |
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Piscataway, NJ :
IEEE Press,
c2000.
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- Ch. 1.
- Threshold of the New Millennium.
- What are key policy and social issues facing the Internet? /
- Vinton G. Cerf.
- What is the secret of happiness in a career? /
- Wilson Greatbatch.
- What are some of technology's unanticipated consequences? /
- Jack S. Kilby.
- What constitutes a good scientific theory? /
- Arno A. Penzias.
- How can we be wiser about decisions of what to pursue in science and technology? /
- Charles H. Townes
- Ch. 2.
- Structures and Devices.
- How soon can we free ourselves from fossil fuels? /
- John G. Kassakian.
- If you could 'uninvent' a technology, which would it be? /
- Roger D. Pollard.
- How will information technology transform global culture? /
- Donald R. Scifres.
- Are we prepared for the nanotechnology revolution? /
- Ralph C. Merkle
- Ch. 3.
- Systems and Management.
- When will society recognize that nuclear reactors are environmentally safer than fossil-fuel power plants? /
- Robert A. Bell.
- How can effective communication help engineers develop the best products? /
- Samuel J. Keene.
- Can engineers abdicate leadership forever? /
- Wade H. Shaw, Jr.
- How can we accurately evaluate creativity and diversity? /
- Rui de Figueredo
- Ch. 4.
- Computers and Software.
- Can we make society smarter? /
- Douglas C. Engelbart.
- How can we separate the Internet's wheat from its chaff? /
- Alan Kay.
- Are computers really the tide that will float all boats? /
- Gordon E. Moore.
- How can we prevent ourselves from drowning in high-tech waste? /
- Rao R. Tummala
- Ch. 5.
- Communications.
- Are we eating our seed corn? /
- Tingye Li.
- When is unlimited information effectively no information at all? /
- Rod C. Alferness.
- The electromagnetic spectrum - public trust or pork barrel? /
- Bennett Z. Kobb.
- What is the role of industrial research laboratories in the twenty-first century? /
- A. Robert Calderbank
- Ch. 6.
- Entertainment.
- What is the most environmentally sound way to dispose of consumer electronics products? /
- Wayne C. Luplow.
- How will the Internet affect social relationships? /
- Stephen B. Weinstein.
- What is the future of the U.S.'s universities and corporate research laboratories? /
- S. Joseph Campanella.
- Why can't we better predict which technologies will succeed? /
- Robert W. Lucky
- Ch. 7.
- Medicine and Biology.
- How can mentoring overcome racial discrimination? /
- Cato T. Laurencin.
- What practical advice can encourage women engineers? /
- Thelma Estrin.
- How can we ensure that technology is humane and not inane? /
- George S. Moschytz.
- When computer intelligence exceeds human intelligence, what will it mean to be human? /
- Ray Kurzweil
- Ch. 8.
- Transportation.
- How much will we pay for freedom of movement? /
- Victor Wouk.
- What is the potential of computer intelligence in mass transit? /
- Linda Sue Boehmer.
- Will cars ever have jet fighter controls? /
- William F. Powers.
- Can we overcome our fear of flying? /
- George L. Donahue
- Ch. 9.
- Exploration.
- How can we further explore the 'microverse'? /
- Freeman J. Dyson.
- Why are humans driven to explore? /
- Burt Rutan.
- Do we really need an armada to explore Mars? /
- Robert Zubrin.
- Will humans live in cities floating on the oceans? /
- Joseph R. Vadus
- Ch. 10.
- The Environment.
- Why should engineers take the long view? /
- Stewart Brand.
- How can we best invest in the next generation of scientists and engineers? /
- Ghassem Asrar.
- What does it take for people to realize that technology-induced climate change is jeopardizing our very lives? /
- Sylvia A. Earle.
- Why is it urgent now to investigate low-carbon sources of energy? /
- M. Granger Morgan
- Ch. 11.
- War and Peace.
- How can we watch out for a weapon that hasn't been invented? /
- Norman R. Augustine.
- Can we mount an effective defense without having to shoot? /
- Richard L. Garwin.
- How much privacy will we trade for safety? /
- David A. Kay.
- How do we reduce the body count? /
- Myron Kayton
- Ch. 12.
- Preparing Engineers for Tomorrow.
- How can students experience the impact of engineering on society? /
- Edward Alton Parrish.
- Engineering ethics - who cares? /
- Donald Christiansen.
- Why is diversity essential to sustaining creativity? /
- Donna Shirley.
- How can people learn to get along better? /
- John B. Slaughter.
- How can more young people be attracted to engineering? /
- Eleanor Baum
- App.
- The Fifty Technology Experts.