Information Science and Technology and Contemporary Society

Author: Sun Xiaoli
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: This book presents clear viewpoints, is well-supported by materials, and integrates thoughtfulness, scientificity, and knowledge. It can serve as a textbook for undergraduate courses and a reference for postgraduate extracurricular reading, as well as for government officials, scientific and technological personnel, university and secondary school teachers, and young people. This book is one of the "Series on Cultural Quality Education for University Students" organized by the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education. It not only discusses the history, current status, and future of information science and technology in a vertical manner but also emphasizes the horizontal elaboration of the dialectical and interactive processes between information science and technology and contemporary society in terms of economy, science, education, culture, lifestyle, morality, politics, national defense, the new world order, and sustainable development.