The Social Impact of Computers, July 16, 1964
New York: Radio Corporation of America [RCA], 1964. Softcover. 20 pp. 10" x 5 1/2" softcover booklet on beige unlaminated paper. Address by David Sarnoff, Chairman of the Board, Radio Corporation of America [RCA] to the American Bankers Association National Automation Conference, New York World's Fair, July 16, 1964. Scarce booklet of Sarnoff's speech in which he predicted that "computers would touch off an explosion in the social sciences comparable to that in the physical sciences over the last 50 years" [Sarnoff Envisages Social 'Explosion' In Era of Computer, New York Times, 7/17/64]. Rare piece of mid-century RCA and New York World's Fair ephemera. **OCLC** lists two copies, one at the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL and one at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Very Good in beige wraps. Item #316236
Price: $50.00