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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.
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The Closed World, Paul Edwards
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- Released
- 1997
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- Title
- The Closed World
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Paul Edwards
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0262550288
- ISBN13
- 9780262550284
- Description
- 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.