The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America - Inside Technology - Edwards, Paul N. (Professor, University Of Michigan) - Books - MIT Press Ltd - 9780262550284 - August 21, 1997
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This text is an alternative history of computers and cognitive science. How Cold War social and cultural contexts shaped emerging technology is discussed. Beginning with an account of the emergence of global surveillance, the text ends with an account of the cyborg in science fiction.


462 pages, 16

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 21, 1997
ISBN13 9780262550284
Publishers MIT Press Ltd
Pages 462
Dimensions 156 × 227 × 22 mm   ·   626 g

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