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Computers shape the way we think, imagine,
and remember. They expand our imagination, allow us to create
amazing new art forms and to dream of scientific problems
never before thought possible. But will the computer in
the twenty-first century make our lives easier or more complex?
And have we come to rely too heavily on computers? Visions
of the Future provides answers to these questions and
suggests how twenty-first century computers and computer
art will provide humankind with an unlimited landscape for
exploration and unparalleled aid for the imagination. From
weather prediction to fractal mathematical art to simulated
golf, the eclectic mixture of topics in this book indicates
the fantastic potential for computers in our lives, and
shows how the line between art and science in the computer
age is often indistinct.
Clifford A. Pickover is the author of
the highly acclaimed Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty
(SMP, 1990), Computers and the Imagination (SMP,
1991), editor of The Pattern Book: Fractals, Art and
Nature (World Scientific, 1993) and The Visual Display
of Biological Information (World Scientific, 1993), and
co-editor of the books Spiral Symmetry (World Scientific,
1992) and Frontiers in Scientific Visualization (World
Scientific, 1993). He received his Ph.D. from Yale University,
is now an associate editor for Computers and Graphics
and Computers in Physics, is on the editorial board
of Speculations in Science and Technology and Idealistic
Studies, and is a member of the book review panel for
Leonardo, an international journal on topics of art
and science.
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