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A History of Space: The Pearly Gates from Dante of Cyberspace to the Internet

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Availability:In StockContributor:Margaret WertheimPublish date:2000-05-01Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393320534ISBN-10:393320537UPC:9780393320534Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:8.23 x 5.55 x 0.85 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCZK4XF2B1

A History of Space: The Pearly Gates from Dante of Cyberspace to the Internet

But as science commentator Margaret Wertheim argues in this "marvelously provocative" (Kirkus Reviews) book, cyberspace has in recent years become a repository for immense spiritual yearning. Wertheim explores the mapping of spiritual desire onto digitized space and suggests that the modem today has become a metaphysical escape-hatch from a materialism that many people find increasingly...
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393320534ISBN-10:393320537UPC:9780393320534Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:8.23 x 5.55 x 0.85 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCZK4XF2B1
Wertheim, Margaret: - Margaret Wertheim is a science journalist and commentator and author of the book Pythagoras' Trousers.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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