Slaves of the Machine: The Quickening of Computer Technology

Rawlins, Gregory J. E.

ISBN 10: 0262181835 / ISBN 13: 9780262181839

Published by The MIT Press, 1997

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Publisher: MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1997.FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Pristine. As new. Unread.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Slaves of the Machine: The Quickening of Computer Technology
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262181835
• ISBN 13: 9780262181839
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Weight: 13 ounces

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.