The Fourth Discontinuity, The Co-Evolution of Humans and Machines by Mazlish, Bruce
- Bookseller: Once Upon a Time Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 25818
- Format: Hard Cover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0300054114
- ISBN 13: 9780300054118
- Publisher: New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1993
- Date published: 1993
- Size: 6.5 x 9.75 x 1 inches
- Weight: 1.3 pounds
Description
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1993. 1993. Hard Cover. Very Good. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Ex-Library. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. ISBN:0-300-05411-4. 272 pages. Interior - near- flawless condition w/ a library paste-down on the front endpaper a nd w/ a library stamp on the title page. The black boards and spine, as well as the DJ, are well-preserved w/ only a very small amount of edgewear. The DJ has a mylar plastic cover, both are attached to the boards, and there is library referencing at the bottom of the spine w/ a white sticker on the top-front.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
paste-down : The portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a book. Often used as front paste-down or rear past-down.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
nd : no publisher's date given
A.N. : When used to describe the condition of a book refers to As New, "the book is in the same immaculate condition in which it was published. There can be no defects, no missing pages, no library stamps, etc., and the dust jacket (if it was issued with one) must be perfect without any tears," as defined by AB Bookman's Weekly
Book summary
This book draws on history and legend, science and science fiction to consider the complex relation between humans and machines. The author argues that, just as Copernicus, Darwin, and Freud overturned our illusions of separation from and domination over the cosmos, the animal world, and the unconscious, it is now necessary to relinquish another fallacy--that humans are separate from the machines we make.
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