Mirror Worlds

or The Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox... How it Will Happen and What it Will Mean

AvDavid Gelernter

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

In this fascinating book - part speculation, part explanation, Gelernter takes us on a tour of the computer technology of the near future. Mirror Worlds, he contends, will allow us to explore the world in unprecedented depth and detail without ever changing out of our pyjamas! Gelernter does much more than just speculate about how this amazing new software will be used - he shows us how it will be made, explaining carefully and in detail how to build a mirror world using technology already available. Mirror Worlds offers a lucid and humanistic account of the coming software revolution, told by a computer scientist at the cutting edge of his field.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-08-26
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780195079067

Utforska kategorier

Programvaruutveckling inom Data och IT
Människa – datorinteraktion inom Data och IT
Programspråk inom Data och IT

Mer om författaren

David Gelernter is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Yale University and an expert in programming languages and methods, and in artificial intelligence.

Recensioner i media

'This is a fascinating book, and important from the point of view of thinking about the future of software. It's also very easy to read, being written in a conversational style, not American academic jargon.'The Guardian

Innehållsförteckning

Mirror worlds?; The orb; Disembodied machines; Space, time and multi-time; The deluge; Simple mind machines; Building mirror worlds; Epilogue; Notes; Index.