Turing's man : western culture in the computer age /

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Trained in both classics and computer science, Bolter considers the cultural impact of computers on our age, comparing the computer to earlier technologies that redefined fundamental notions of time, space, language, memory, and human creativity. Surprisingly, he finds that in many ways the outlook...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bolter, J. David, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1984.
Subjects:
Computers and civilization.
Ordinateurs et civilisation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > History.
Computers and civilization
Datenverarbeitung
Kulturphilosophie
Philosophie
Technischer Fortschritt
Computer
Gesellschaft
Zivilisation
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Defining technologies in western culture
  • Principles of operation
  • Embodied symbol: mathematics by computer
  • Embodied symbol: logic by computer
  • Electronic space
  • Time and progress in the computer age
  • Electronic language
  • Electronic memory
  • Creator and creation
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Conclusion.

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