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Archaeology of Algorithmic Artefacts
David Link
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Description for Archaeology of Algorithmic Artefacts
Paperback. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
As historical processes increasingly become steeped in technology, it becomes more necessary for a discipline to emerge that is capable of comprehending these materialities to better understand the fields they inundate such as science, art, and warfare. This effort is further compromised by the inherent complexity and complete arbitrariness of technical languages-especially when they are algorithmic-along with the rapid pace in which they become obsolete, unintelligible, or simply forgotten. The Turing Machine plays a central role in the Archaeology of Algorithmic Artefacts, wherein the gradual developments of the individual components encompassed by this complex technology are placed within the context ... Read more
As historical processes increasingly become steeped in technology, it becomes more necessary for a discipline to emerge that is capable of comprehending these materialities to better understand the fields they inundate such as science, art, and warfare. This effort is further compromised by the inherent complexity and complete arbitrariness of technical languages-especially when they are algorithmic-along with the rapid pace in which they become obsolete, unintelligible, or simply forgotten. The Turing Machine plays a central role in the Archaeology of Algorithmic Artefacts, wherein the gradual developments of the individual components encompassed by this complex technology are placed within the context ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Univocal
Condition
New
Weight
407g
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, United States
ISBN
9781937561048
SKU
V9781937561048
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99-15
About David Link
David Link is a free researcher and artist based in Cologne, Germany. In 2012, he received the Tony Sale Award for Computer Restoration from the British Computer Conservation Society for LoveLetters_1.0, which was presented at the international contemporary art exhibition dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel, Germany.
Reviews for Archaeology of Algorithmic Artefacts
Aficionados of computing history will find this book very appealing. -CHOICE