Turing's man : western culture in the computer age
by J. David Bolter
Bok Engelsk 1984 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press , 1984
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| Omfang | xii, 264 s.
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| Opplysninger | Også trykt: London : Duckworth. - Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; The Measure of Technological Change; The Computer as a Defining Technology; Turing's Man; 2. Defining Technologies In Western Culture; Manual Technology and the Ancient World; Mechanical Technology and Western Europe; Dynamic Technology and Western Europe; Electronic Technology; From the Clock to the Computer; The Electronic Brain; 3. Principles of Operation; The Turing Machine: States and Symbols; The von Neumann Computer; Hardware and Software; 4. Embodied Symbol: Mathematics by Computer; Binary Representation and Numerical Analysis. - Glossary of Computer TermsA; B; C; D; F; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Annotated Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X. - Mathematics and CultureEmbodied Mathematics; 5. Embodied Symbol: Logic by Computer; Truth and the von Neumann Machine; The Triumph of Logic; The Embodiment of Logical Thought; 6. Electronic Space; Physical Space; Logical Space; Finite Place; Infinite Space; The Geometry of Electronic Space; 7. Time and Progress in the Computer Age; Electronic Clocks; Time Experienced and Measured; Progress in Circles; The Idea of Progress; 8. Electronic Language; Natural and Artificial Language; The Hierarchy of Computer Language; Poetry and Logic; The Ancient View; The Western European View. - Silent Structures9. Electronic Memory; Digital Memory Technology; The Art of Memory; Information Retrieval and Electronic Power; 10. Creator and Creation; Coherence and Correspondence; Electronic Limits; Creating by Hand and by Machine; Reason and Necessity; Electronic Play; 11. Artificial Intelligence; Turing's Game; Language, Memory, and Other Games; The Technology of Making Man; The Electronic Image of Man; Artifact and Artificer; 12. Conclusion; Natural Man; From Socrates to Faust to Turing; Living with Turing's Man; Invention and Discovery; The Computer as a Tool; Synthetic Intelligence. - Turing's Man: Western Culture in the Computer Age
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| ISBN | 0715619179. - 0807815640. - 0807841080
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