Turing's Man : Western Culture in the Computer Age
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Turing's Man : Western Culture in the Computer Age
（Penguin science）
Penguin Books, 1993
Available at 1 libraries
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First published: The North Carolina Univesity Press , 1984
Includes index and bibliographic references (p.[247]-255)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
David Bolter, from a background in both humanities and computer science, looks at the new concepts of language and logic, freedom, conservation and creativity that are evolving.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: the measure of technological change
- the computer as a defining technology
- Turing's man. Part 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. Part 3 Principles of operation: the Turing machine - states and symbols
- the von Neumann computer
- hardware and software. Part 4 Embodied symbol - mathematics by computer: binary representation and numerical analysis
- mathematics and culture
- embodied mathematics. Part 5 Embodied symbol - logic by computer: truth and the von Neumann machine
- the triumph of logic
- the embodiment of logical thought. Part 6 Electronic space: physical space
- logical space
- finite space
- infinite space
- the geometry of electronic space. Part 7 Time and progress in the computer age: electronic clocks
- time experienced and measured
- progress in circles
- the idea of progress. Part 8 Electronic language: natural and artificial language
- the hierarchy of computer language
- poetry and logic
- the ancient view
- the western European view
- silent structures. Part 9 Electronic memory: digital memory technology
- the art of memory
- information retrieval and electronic power. Part 10 Creator and creation: coherence and correspondence
- electronic limits
- creating by hand and by machine
- reason and necessity
- electronic play. Part 11 Artificial intelligence: Turing's game
- language, memory, and other games
- the technology of making man
- the electronic image of man
- artifact and artificer. Part 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.
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