Book ID: CBB648474243

Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History (2017)

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Thomas Rid (Author)


W. W. Norton & Co.


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 414 pages
Language: English

What does "cyber" even mean? And where does the idea come from? We live in an age increasingly defined by technology. But as we check our emails, board a plane, or read about the latest Russian hack, we rarely ask how the ideas that shaped our modern world originated. Thomas Rid's revelatory history of cybernetics pulls together disparate threads in the history of technology: from the invention of radar and pilotless flying bombs in World War Two, to artificial intelligence, virtual reality, cryptocurrencies, and present day fears about cyber security.

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Review Benjamin Peters (April 2018) Review of "Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History". Technology and Culture (pp. 492-494). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Passaponti, Maurizio
Giurlani, Walter
Wallace, Harold Duane
Innocenti, Massimo
Salvietti, Emanuele
Steenson, Molly Wright
Concepts
Technology
Cybernetics
Artificial intelligence
Technological innovation
Computers and computing
Neurosciences
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Early modern
18th century
Places
Great Britain
Sierra Leone
Thailand
Ukraine
London (England)
United States
Institutions
Science Museum, London
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