Turing's Man : Western Culture in the Computer Age

著者

• Bolter, J. David

書誌事項

Turing's Man : Western Culture in the Computer Age

J. David Bolter

（Penguin science）

Penguin Books, 1993

注記

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
• 分類:
  • DC20 : 303.4834
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA1855323X