Turing's Man Western Culture in the Computer Age
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
Turing's Man: Western Culture in the Computer Age
כותר |
Turing's Man Western Culture in the Computer Age / by J. David Bolter. |
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מוציא לאור |
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press |
מדפיס |
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE |
שנה |
1984 |
הערות |
Includes index. Bibliography: p. [247]-255. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
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 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 Glossary of Computer TermsA B C D F H I L M N O P R S T V W Annotated Bibliography Index A E G J K Q U X |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (277 p.) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
שנת זכויות יוצרים |
©1984. |
מספר מערכת |
997010713279805171 |
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