The fourth discontinuity
Subtitle: the co-evolution of humans and machines
By: Bruce Mazlish.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Human information processing; Artificial intelligence; Human-machine systems
Description: "[Mazlish] reaches back five centuries to trace the history of our uneasy relationship with the idea of artificial 'life' and mechanical aspects of the human being. This analysis ... interweaves science, technology and literature to depict a changing cultural gestalt"--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-[266]) and index.