A Gift of Fire
Author: Sara Baase
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ISBN: 0130082155
Publisher: Prentice Hall (15 July, 2002)
Sales Rank: 217,464
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
very exciting and thought provoking
it's a great book to begin in-class discussions
Rating: 4 out of 5
Interesting and Accessible
Because the author's ethics class at SDSU uses this text as a primary source, I may be a bit biased in my judgment of this book. For the class, it was an excellent reference, bringing up interesting points for discussion and showcasing these points with anecdotes -- some humorous, some downright frightening. Baase's writing style is accessible to a wide audience, and even the parts that, by virtue of being part of a textbook, are dry and only mildly interesting are digestible.If you're looking for a book that will give you a general overview of problems associated with computing, this book will hit the spot. Without any noticable bias, it provides information from different perspectives, and even gives fair treatment to Luddites.
A good, solid choice.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A GIFT OF FIRE
IN GIFT OF FIRE SARA BAASE ATTEMPTS TO COVER THE FULL RANGE OF SOCIAL, LEGAL, AND ETHICAL ISSUES RAISED BY COMPUTING. Similar Products
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