Turing's Man : Western Culture in the Computer Age

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Turing's Man : Western Culture in the Computer Age

J. David Bolter

(Penguin science)

Penguin Books, 1993

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First published: The North Carolina Univesity Press , 1984

Includes index and bibliographic references (p.[247]-255)

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

  • 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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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA62255015
  • ISBN
    • 014015616X
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    London
  • ページ数/冊数
    264p
  • 大きさ
    20cm
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