Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
Ellen Ullman$16.15
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With a New Introduction by Jaron Lanier
A Salon Best Book of the Year
In 1997, the computer was still a relatively new tool---a sleek and unforgiving machine that was beyond the grasp of most users. With intimate and unflinching detail, software engineer Ellen Ullman examines the strange ecstasy of being at the forefront of the predominantly male technological revolution, and the difficulty of translating the inherent messiness of human life into artful and efficient code. Close to the Machine is an elegant and revelatory mediation on the dawn of the digital era.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 02/28/2012
ISBN: 9781250002488
Pages: 189
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d