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Overview"In Moths to the Flame, Gregory J.E. Rawlins took lay readers on a tour of the exciting and sometimes scary world to which compters are leading us. This new book is for those who are new to computers and want to know what is ""under the hood."" It shows what computers can do for us and to us. It tells the story of how we became slaves to our machines and how our machines may one day become slaves to us. Written in an accessible, anecdotal form, Slaves of the Machine presents the birth of the computer, charts its evolution, and envisions its development over the next fifty years. Each of the six chapters asks a simple question: What are computers? How do we build them? How do we talk to them? How do we program them? What can't they do? Could they think? After answering its question, each chapter views its topic in terms of the state of the art as of 1997 and into the near future. Rawlins successfully demystifies the computer—the first step away from slavery to it." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gregory J. E. RawlinsPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780262681025ISBN 10: 0262681021 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 31 July 1998 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews[H]ere's something completely different: a computer book for smart people--folks who may not know much about PC's but who don't enjoy being talked down to, either. . . . It's an elegant, thought-provoking little book, full of literary references and history. --John Schwartz, Washington Post Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |