Science, Computers, and the Information Onslaught. A Collection of Essays

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Contributors, Pages ix-x
Preface, Pages xi-xiii
Welcoming Comments to the Conference on Science and the Information Onslaught, Pages 3-5, Donald M. Kerr
Technological Innovation: The Key to Our National Security, Pages 7-11, William J. Perry
The Human Possession and Transfer of Information, Pages 15-27, Robert Sokolowski
Computers, Control, and Intentionality, Pages 29-55, Arthur W. Burks
Machines and Elephants Never Forget, Pages 57-62, Edward Telle
Review of the Quantum-Mechanical Measurement Problem, Pages 63-82, Eugene P. Wigner
How Does One Get So Much Information from So Few Assumptions?, Pages 83-89, Andrew M. Gleason
Has Anything Changed Since “Science, Government, and Information”?, Pages 93-101, Alvin M. Weinberg
Some Aspects of the Information Onslaught in Geoscience, Pages 103-109, Rosemary Vidale
Libraries in the Year 2000, Pages 111-125, Fred E. Croxton
Large-Scale Parallel Computers, Pages 129-140, Jacob T. Schwartz
Information and Digital Computing: Too Much With Us, Near and Far?, Pages 141-156, Lowell L. Wood
Words and Sounds, Pages 157-171, Mark Liberman
Natural Language Based Information Management Systems, Pages 173-208, Stanley R. Petrick
SANDIA AND INFORMATION HANDLING, Pages 209-229, Morgan Sparks
Remarks on the Accuracy of Some Recent World War II Accounts, Pages 233-238, Howard Stump, Louis W. Tordella
Science and National Security Decisions, Pages 239-252, Richard L. Garwin
The Irrelevance of Information to Government Decision Making, Pages 253-261, Jeffrey R. Cooper
Can Science Education Cope with the Information Onslaught?, Pages 263-271, A.M. Gleason, G.A. Goldin, N. Metropolis, Gian-Carlo Rota, D.H. Sharp
Consensus for Action, Pages 273-276, Noel Gayler