TY - BOOK AU - Pickover,Clifford A. TI - Visions of the future: art, technology, and computing in the twenty-first century SN - 0312084811 AV - QA76.9.C66 V57 1992 U1 - 303.4834 PY - 1992/// CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Computers and civilization KW - Computer art N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface --; The Virtual Science Center: "A Museum of Everything that Could be Imagined" --; The Future of Student Computer Use --; Forging a Career as a Sculptor from a Career as a Computer Programmer --; The Future of Weather and Climate Prediction --; Computers and Human Communication --; The Universal Robot --; Materials Science: One Morning in the Year 2079 --; Current Techniques and Development of Computer Art --; Computer War Games in the 21st Century --; Will Computers Really THINK in the 21st Century? --; Fractals and Genetics in the Future --; Electronic Storytelling in the 21st Century --; Using Artificial Intelligence to Control Traffic --; Molecular Biology and Futuristic Problem Solving --; Studying Prehistory with Tomorrow's Computers --; Computers and Future Golf --; Artificial Life: Answering the Question of Emergence --; The Future of Ambiguous Art --; Beyond Art --; Frontiers in Computers and Writing --; Index ER -