Information Network: Humanity's new time and space tunnel

Author: Hiromu Yoshinaga et al
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: With the sound of the 21st century's bell, humanity has moved from the atomic age to the bit age. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a series of groundbreaking scientific discoveries—such as electronics, nuclear physics, radioactivity, and blackbody radiation—led to Planck's quantum theory, Einstein's theory of relativity, and the mass-energy equivalence formula, propelling humanity into the atomic age. Terms like X-ray imaging, nuclear power plants, nuclear submarines, and atomic bombs have become everyday vocabulary for ordinary people. After a brief period of astonishment, people began to calmly enjoy atomic civilization while cautiously discussing atomic disasters. However, just as people were beginning to grasp the essence of the atomic revolution, another even more rapid revolution—the information revolution—arrived quietly. This book includes: An overview of information networks and the information society; The information infrastructure of the network era; The social structure of the network era; Social changes caused by information networks; Information network security and sustainable development; The rise of network elites in the information network era; The Chinese nation in the information network era.