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Michael Stern Hart was born in Tacoma, Washington on March 8, 1947. He died on September 6, 2011 in his home in Urbana,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Illinois, at the age of 64. His is survived by his mother, Alice,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and brother,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Bennett. Michael was an Eagle Scout (Urbana Troop 6 and Explorer Post 12),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and served in the Army in Korea during the Vietnam era.
Hart was best known for his 1971 invention of electronic books, or eBooks. He founded Project Gutenberg, which is recognized as one of the earliest and longest-lasting online literary projects. He often told this story of how he had the idea for eBooks. He had been granted access to significant computing power at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Declaration of Independence, he decided to type the text into a computer, and to transmit it to other users on the computer network. From this beginning, the digitization and distribution of literature was to be Hart's life's work, spanning over 40 years.
Hart was an ardent technologist and futurist. A lifetime tinkerer, he acquired hands-on expertise with the technologies of the day: radio, hi-fi stereo, video equipment, and of course computers. He constantly looked into the future,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to anticipate technological advances. One of his favorite speculations was that someday, everyone would be able to have their own copy of the Project Gutenberg collection or whatever subset desired. This vision came true, thanks to the advent of large inexpensive computer disk drives, and to the ubiquity of portable mobile devices,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], such as cell phones.
Hart also predicted the enhancement of automatic translation,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which would provide all of the world's literature in over a hundred languages. One of his favorite recent quotes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], credited to George Bernard Shaw,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], is characteristic of his approach to life:
"Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable
people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress,
therefore, depends on unreasonable people."
Michael prided himself on being unreasonable,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and only in the later years of life did he mellow sufficiently to occasionally refrain from debate. Yet,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], his passion for life, and all the things in it, never abated.
Frugal to a fault, Michael glided through life with many possessions and friends, but very few expenses. He used home remedies rather than seeing doctors. He fixed his own house and car. He built many computers, stereos, and other gear, often from discarded components.
Michael S. Hart left a major mark on the world. The invention of eBooks was not simply a technological innovation or precursor to the modern information environment. A more correct understanding is that eBooks are an efficient and effective way of unlimited free distribution of literature. Access to eBooks can thus provide opportunity for increased literacy. Literacy, and the ideas contained in literature, creates opportunity.
In July 2011, Michael wrote these words, which summarize his goals and his lasting legacy: "One thing about eBooks that most people haven't thought much is that eBooks are the very first thing that we're all able to have as much as we want other than air. Think about that for a moment and you realize we are in the right job." He had this advice for those seeking to make literature available to all people,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], especially children:
"Learning is its own reward. Gregory B. Newby.
No. I work in the technology business and have to pull things from various sources,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], references, and documents, sometimes quickly. Computerized text has a certain advantage of being quickly keyword-searchable. Printed text has the advantage of being easily browsable. Anything you read on a computer is subject to a "tunnel vision" effect of being able to view only a page or two without the quick thumbwork you can do in a printed volume.
Not necessarily are computerized and printed text at odds. Amazon does a land-office business selling books via your computer. E-books, however, are taking a growing share, having risen from 3% of sales volume to 10% in the past year. This could indicate people are doing more reading, not necessarily that they are taking in fewer books.
Do you think a day will come when land-line telephones will become obsolete - like analog TVs?
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