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In Search of Certainty
Mark Burgess
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Description for In Search of Certainty
Paperback. Soon, the world's information infrastructure will reach such a level of scale and complexity that scientists will have to approach it in an entirely new way. In this book, Mark Burgess focuses on the impact of computers and information today. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UY. Category: (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
Quite soon, the world's information infrastructure is going to reach a level of scale and complexity that will force scientists and engineers to approach it in an entirely new way. The familiar notions of command and control are being thwarted by realities of a faster, denser world of communication where choice, variety, and indeterminism rule. The myth of the machine that does exactly what we tell it has come to an end. What makes us think we can rely on all this technology? What keeps it together today, and how might it work tomorrow? Will we know how to build ... Read more
Quite soon, the world's information infrastructure is going to reach a level of scale and complexity that will force scientists and engineers to approach it in an entirely new way. The familiar notions of command and control are being thwarted by realities of a faster, denser world of communication where choice, variety, and indeterminism rule. The myth of the machine that does exactly what we tell it has come to an end. What makes us think we can rely on all this technology? What keeps it together today, and how might it work tomorrow? Will we know how to build ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
O´Reilly Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
686g
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9781491923078
SKU
V9781491923078
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99-1
About Mark Burgess
Mark Burgess is the founder, CTO, and principal author of Cfengine. For the past 20 years, he has led the way in the theory and practice of automation and policy based management.
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