Bibliograph

The road ahead, Bill Gates, with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson

Type

Label

The road ahead, Bill Gates, with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes index and bibliography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The road ahead

Nature of contents

standards specificationsbibliography

Oclc number

33281938

Responsibility statement

Bill Gates, with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson

Summary

What is the information highway? How will the new technology change our lives? Do I have to learn to use a computer? Will my job become obsolete? Welcome to The Road Ahead. We have all been bombarded by the seemingly endless hype about the information highway and the coming age of technology. Now, Bill Gates - who built Microsoft into one of the most successful companies in the world - gives us his vision of what the future holds for us. The Road Ahead is his bird's-eye view of the undiscovered territory on the information highway - an authoritative, thought-provoking, and very readable travel guide for the journey. In this optimistic and refreshingly realistic book, Gates looks ahead to show how the emerging technologies of the digital age will transform all our lives. As he says, we are on the brink of a new revolution, and crossing a technology threshold that will forever change the way we buy, work, learn, and communicate with each other

Table Of Contents

1. A Revolution Begins -- 2. The Beginning of the Information Age -- 3. Lessons from the Computer Industry -- 4. Applications and Appliances -- 5. Paths to the Highway -- 6. The Content Revolution -- 7. Implications for Business -- 8. Friction-Free Capitalism -- 9. Education: The Best Investment -- 10. Plugged In at Home -- 11. Race for the Gold -- 12. Critical Issues

Target audience

general

Classification