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The fourth discontinuity : the co-evolution of humans and machines
- Title
- The fourth discontinuity : the co-evolution of humans and machines / Bruce Mazlish.
- Author
- Mazlish, Bruce, 1923-2016
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BF444 .M38 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 271 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "[Mazlish] reaches back five centuries to trace the history of our uneasy relationship with the idea of artificial 'life' and mechanical aspects of the human being. This analysis ... interweaves science, technology and literature to depict a changing cultural gestalt"--Cover.
- Subject
- Human information processing
- Artificial intelligence
- Human-machine systems
- Mental Processes
- Man-Machine Systems
- Artificial Intelligence
- artificial intelligence
- 54.72 artificial intelligence
- Artificial intelligence
- Human information processing
- Human-machine systems
- Informationsverarbeitung
- Künstliche Intelligenz
- Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation
- Mensch-Maschine-System
- Mensch
- Kunstmatige intelligentie
- Mens-machine-systemen
- Informatieverwerking (computer)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-[266]) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Animal-Machine -- 3. Automata -- 4. The Industrial Revolution -- 5. Linnaeus and Darwin -- 6. Freud and Pavlov -- 7. Babbage, Huxley, and Butler -- 8. The Biogenetic Revolution -- 9. The Computer-Brain Revolution -- 10. The Beginning of a Conclusion -- 11. The Ending of a Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0300054114
- 9780300054118
- 0300065124
- 9780300065121
- LCCN
- 92038075
- OCLC
- ocm27034823
- 27034823
- SCSB-9591862
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library