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Turing's Man Western Culture in the Computer Age

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Turing's Man: Western Culture in the Computer Age

כותר Turing's Man Western Culture in the Computer Age / by J. David Bolter.
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
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Annotated Bibliography
Index
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היקף החומר 1 online resource (277 p.)
שפה אנגלית
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