{"product_id":"analogia-the-emergence-of-technology-beyond-programmable-control-9781250798725","title":"Analogia: The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of \u003ci\u003eWIRED\u003c\/i\u003e's The Best Pop Culture That Got Us Through 2020 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAnalogia\u003c\/i\u003e, technology historian George Dyson presents a startling look back at the analog age and life before the digital revolution--and an unsettling vision of what comes next. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1716, the philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz spent eight days taking the cure with Peter the Great at Bad Pyrmont in Saxony, trying to persuade the tsar to launch a voyage of discovery from Russia to America and to adopt digital computing as the foundation for a remaking of life on earth. In two classic books, \u003ci\u003eDarwin Among the Machines \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTuring's Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e, George Dyson chronicled the realization of the second of Leibniz's visions. In \u003ci\u003eAnalogia\u003c\/i\u003e, his pathbreaking new book, he brings the story full circle, starting with the Russian American expedition of 1741 and ending with the beyond-digital revolution that will complete\u003cbr\u003ethe transformation of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDyson enlists a startling cast of characters, from the time of Catherine the Great to the age of machine intelligence, and draws heavily on his own experiences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and onward to the rain forest of the Northwest Coast. We are, Dyson reveals, entering a new epoch in human history, one driven by a generation of machines whose powers are no longer under programmable control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes black-and-white illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250798725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336","brand":"George Dyson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40550848823477,"sku":"9781250798725","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fc3a8ecc-b2e3-4dc6-ac67-eede117c932c.jpg?v=1626792675","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/analogia-the-emergence-of-technology-beyond-programmable-control-9781250798725","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}