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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10237199.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. A Strange New Machine -- 2. The Greed for Speed -- 3. Precisely Speaking -- 4. The Subjective Mood -- 5. Limits to Growth -- 6. Thinking About Thinking.".
- catalog extent "x, 135 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0262181835 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,".
- catalog subject "004 21".
- catalog subject "Computers History.".
- catalog subject "Computers and civilization.".
- catalog subject "QA76.9.C66 R395 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. A Strange New Machine -- 2. The Greed for Speed -- 3. Precisely Speaking -- 4. The Subjective Mood -- 5. Limits to Growth -- 6. Thinking About Thinking.".
- catalog title "Slaves of the machine : the quickening of computer technology / Gregory J.E. Rawlins.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".