In The New Age of Communications, author John Green outlines how computers and the World Wide Web are revolutionizing our lives in the new global community. Originally published in 1997, Green covers the history of computers to how wired the world has become, to the nature of the Internet and the potential power of artificial intelligence. A Scientific American Focus book.

John Green is a freelance writer specializing in computer technology and education. He has also learned about the merging of communications technologies through his experience as a software, video, and multimedia producer. He lives in New London, Connecticut.

Paul A. Gilster is the best-selling author of numerous books, including The New Internet Navigator. He has been technology columnist for newspapers and magazines and is the former head of the Internet Association of the Carolinas.