Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY, 2017
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414 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Light ding to tip of one corner. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Remainder mark. This is the First Edition / First Printing of the paperback edition. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0. NOTE: The top right corner of the cover and pages are lightly bumped.
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- Title
- Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History
- Author
- Rid, Thomas
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393354954
- ISBN 13
- 9780393354959
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
"Dazzling.” ―Financial Times
As lives offline and online merge even more, it is easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the spectacular story of cybernetics, one of the twentieth century’s pivotal ideas.
Springing from the mind of mathematician Norbert Wiener amid the devastation of World War II, the cybernetic vision underpinned a host of seductive myths about the future of machines. Cybernetics triggered blissful cults and military gizmos, the Whole Earth Catalog and the air force’s foray into virtual space, as well as crypto-anarchists fighting for internet freedom.
In Rise of the Machines, Thomas Rid draws on unpublished sources―including interviews with hippies, anarchists, sleuths, and spies―to offer an unparalleled perspective into our anxious embrace of technology.
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