How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226321462ISBN-10:226321460UPC:9780226321462Book Category:Science, ComputersBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, History, Computer ScienceSize:8.97 x 6.01 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.0913Product ID:SCM1K5F46A
How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics
In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the "bodies" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans "beamed" Star Trek-style, others view them with horror, seeing monsters brooding in the machines. In How We Became Posthuman, N. Katherine...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226321462ISBN-10:226321460UPC:9780226321462Book Category:Science, ComputersBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, History, Computer ScienceSize:8.97 x 6.01 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.0913Product ID:SCM1K5F46A
Hayles, N. Katherine: - N. Katherine Hayles is a postmodern literary critic and the James B. Duke Professor of Literature at Duke University.
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