從Vannevar Bush談資訊科學

Abstract

Vannebar Bush於1945年發表”As We May Think”一文，提出將電子計算機技術應用於處理個人文獻資訊之構想，也為其後資訊科學與技術之發展開創新境，並有學者視該文為現代資訊科學之濫觴。本文說明”As We May Think”一文中「Memex」之構想，及其所演化成的現代資訊科技產物，並詳列1638年至1999年間資訊科學與技術發生之重要記事，期能提供後人對資訊科學與技術之演進與發展有更深刻之認識。

The origin of modern information science is often recognized to be Vannevar Bush`s seminal paper ”As We May Think”, with its conceptual design of a desktop personal information machine called the ”Memex”, which was published in ”Atlantic Monthly” in 1945. In order to understand the influences and contributions of Bush`s ”As We May Think” and the ”Memex”, its relations to the evolution of modern information science and technology, it is the purpose of this present research to study the effect of ”As We May Think” and the ”Memex” on the developments of information science and technology between 1638 to 1999. And as a result of this study, a list of related major events was investigated and also included.