Insanely Great, The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything [Reviews]

the tension between specialization in scholarship and the need t o cross disciplinary boundaries to form new syntheses, needs he sees continuing with special force into our own era. Randall Trigg reflects on contemporary hypertext techniques and finds them capable, though stymied by lack of ;iccess to information. He sees hypertext systems supporting new associative linking for found information. but he sees too little access to the vast storehouses of existing documents. Nyce and Kahn have done a great service by presenting this demonstration of the vitality of the rich and visionary ideas offered by Vannevar Bush. This collection is useful to anyone interested in the past or the future of information technology.