SLAVES OF THE MACHINE The Quickening of Computer Technology

RAWLINS Gregory

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ISBN 10: 0262181835 ISBN 13: 9780262181839

Published by MIT Press, 1997. 9780262181839, 1997

Language: English

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SLAVES OF THE MACHINE The Quickening of Computer Technology

Publisher

MIT Press, 1997. 9780262181839

Publication Date

1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

0262181835

ISBN 13

9780262181839

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Hardcover

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1st Edition

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An accessible, anecdotal survey of the influence and mechanics of computers traces the birth of the computer, explains its workings and programming, charts its evolution, and predicts its future, including the possibilities of artificial intelligence. UP.

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Having left a childhood on the shores of Trinidad and an education in the wilds of Canada, Gregory Rawlins now finds himself Associate Professor of Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. Surrounded by several thousand books, he works in the gentle glare of his computer monitors, writing such books as Moths to the Flame and Slaves of the Machine.

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