Computernetze: Träume und Alpträume aus einer neuen Welt

by Jacques F. Vallée

Traces the evolution of computers, looks at the structure and capabilities of computer networks and predicts how they will affect society

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

Published October 1, 1987

About the author

Excerpted from wikipedia: Jacques Fabrice Vallée (born September 24, 1939 in Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France) is a venture capitalist, computer scientist, author, ufologist and former astronomer currently residing in San Francisco, California.
In mainstream science, Vallée is notable for co-developing the first computerized mapping of Mars for NASA and for his work at SRI International in creating ARPANET, a precursor to the modern Internet. Vallée is also an important figure in the study of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), first noted for a defense of the scientific legitimacy of the extraterrestrial hypothesis and later for promoting the interdimensional hypothesis.

Reviews

[Jayesh · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a shame it's out of print :(. I read the version available on Internet Archive. Fun, wise and prescient in so many ways.

[serena]

Remarkably prescient, sometimes horrifically so.