The Fourth Discontinuity
The Co-Evolution of Humans and Machines
by Bruce Mazlish
ISBN: 0300054114
ISBN-13: 9780300054118
Format: Hardcover
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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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"A colorful consideration of man's long, fearful contemplation of the human-machine continuum...illuminating [and] perceptive." -- Steve Levy
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Published date: 1993
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds
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The Fourth Discontinuity
Mazlish, Bruce
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Very good condition. Ex-library with usual markings. Clen, tight copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Ex-Library. ( more information)
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The Fourth Discontinuity, The Co-Evolution of Humans and Machines
Mazlish, Bruce
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. ( more information)
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