Slaves of the machine
the quickening of computer technology
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Author
Publication
1997 - MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
33,750 words, Guess
Page Count
135 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL658794M
- ISBN-100262181835
- OCLC Control Number44962217
- OCLC Control Number36201131
- OCLC Control Numberslavesofmachineq00rawl
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number97004013
- Goodreads1969615
- LibraryThing617002
Classifications
- DDC004
- LCCQA76.9.C66 R395 1997
Description
In Moths to the Flame, Gregory J. E. Rawlins took lay readers on a tour of the exciting and sometimes scary world to which computers are leading us. His second 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. 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? Written in an accessible, anecdotal form, Slaves of the Machine successfully demystifies the computer. Rawlins presents the birth of the computer, charts its evolution, and envisions its development in terms of the state of the art as of 1997 and into the future.
First Sentence
What are computers?
Excerpt
What are computers?
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