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Slaves of the Machine : The Quickening of Computer Technology by Gregory J. Rawlins (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262181835
ISBN-139780262181839
eBay Product ID (ePID)220444
Product Key Features
Number of Pages142 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSlaves of the Machine : the Quickening of Computer Technology
Publication Year1997
SubjectSocial Aspects / General, Computer Science, History
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaComputers
AuthorGregory J. Rawlins
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-004013
Reviews"Slaves of the Machineis a scintillatingly written exploration of machines, of computers, of life, and of human nature. Filled with original analogies and metaphors, crammed with humor and cynicism, this book is both light and deep at the same time-no small achievement. Any thinking being who picks it up will find it engrossing, disorienting, disturbing, and deliciously provocative." -Douglas Hofstadter, author of Godel, Escher, Bach, Le Ton beau de Marot, and Metamagical Themas
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal004
SynopsisIn Moths to the Flame, Gregory J. E. Rawlins took lay readers on a tour of the exciting and sometimes scary world to which compters are leading us. This new book is for those who are new to computers and want to know what is under the hood. It shows what computers can do for us and to us. It tells the story of how we became slaves to our machines and how our machines may one day become slaves to us. Written in an accessible, anecdotal form, Slaves of the Machine presents the birth of the computer, charts its evolution, and envisions its development over the next fifty years. Each of the six chapters asks a simple question: What are computers? How do we build them? How do we talk to them? How do we program them? What can't they do? Could they think? After answering its question, each chapter views its topic in terms of the state of the art as of 1997 and into the near future. Rawlins successfully demystifies the computer --the first step away from slavery to it.
LC Classification NumberQA76.9.C66R395 1997
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