The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America

Name: The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America
Brand: MIT PR
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"The Closed World" offers a radically new alternative to the canonical histories of computers and cognitive science. Integrating political, cultural, and technological history, it argues that we can make sense of computers as tools only when we simultaneously grasp their roles as metaphors and political icons.In this extended exploration of the relations of science and engineering to the evolution of modern society, Paul Edwards argues that what people have said, thought, and experienced through computers--as reflections of the nature of their minds; as solutions to political, commercial, and military problems; as icons of rationality--is as significant as anything computers have actually accomplished. Social and cultural context has shaped the growth of computer technology as much as it has been shaped by it.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 462
Release Date:: 1997-09-30
Publication Date:: 1997-08-31
Publisher:: MIT PR
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0262550288
ISBN13:: 9780262550284
Maximum Reading Age:: 99
Weight:: 689 g
Height:: 152 cm
Width:: 228 cm
Thickness:: 27 cm

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