The Trouble with Computers
por Landauer, Thomas K
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Fine Minus/Fine Minus
- ISBN 10
- 0262121867
- ISBN 13
- 9780262121866
- Livreiro
-
Taos, New Mexico, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: Massachussetts Institute of Technology - MIT Press, 1995. First Edition . Clothbound Hardcover. Fine Minus/Fine Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This book demonstrates why today's [read: ca. 1995!] computers are wrong for society, for business, and for people. (Have the problems been resolved since then?) CONTENTS: Preface; Prologue - The Trouble with Computers; The Productivity Puzzle; The Evidence; What Computers Do; The Porductivity Paradox; Solutions to the Puzzle; Excuses; Reasons; What's Wrong with Them?; Usefulness and Usability; Software Design, Development, and Deployment; Hype and Broken Promises or, Why Do We Love Them Still?; How to Fix Computers; The Track Record So Far; User-Centered Design; Here's How; User-Centered Design Methods, Development, Deployment or, What to Use Them For and How; What Then?; Fantasy Business Systems; Life, Love, and Intellect. 425 pages, illustrated. CONDITION: The book itself is bright, solid, square, and unmarked, with minimal shelf-wear (a couple light corner bumps). Its dustjacket - now in a clear mylar (removable) protective cover - is unmarked, and uncreased, with negligible shelf-wear (just miniscule crinkles at the spine ends).
Avaliações
(Entrar ou Criar uma conta primeiro!)
Detalhes
- Livreiro
- bookarrest (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- ROL120
- Título
- The Trouble with Computers
- Autor
- Landauer, Thomas K
- Formato/Encadernação
- Clothbound Hardcover
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Fine Minus
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Fine Minus
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0262121867
- ISBN 13
- 9780262121866
- Editorial
- Massachussetts Institute of Technology - MIT Press
- Local de publicação
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Data de publicação
- 1995
- Dimensão
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Palavras-chave
- COMPUTERS SOCIETY BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LITERACY
Termos da venda
bookarrest
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
Sobre o Vendedor
bookarrest
Membro de Biblio desde 2008
Taos, New Mexico
Sobre bookarrest
A professional cyber-store specializing in American fiction/literature, International fiction/literature (in English), science fiction/fantasy, horror/supernatural/weird fiction, vintage pulp paperbacks, classical music books/scores/recordings. Prompt service and securely packed shipments.
Glossário
Alguns termos que podem ser usados ??nesta descrição incluem:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....