Mirror Worlds : or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox ... How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean.

By:

Gelernter, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.Description: 1 online resource (254 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780195344851
0195344855
1280526475
9781280526473
9786610526475
6610526478
1429406984
9781429406987

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Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

005.3 005

LOC classification:

QA76.754.G45 1991

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Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Figures; Prologue; 1 Mirror Worlds?; 2 The Orb; 3 Disembodied Machines; 4 Space, Time and Multi-time; 5 The Deluge; 6 Simple Mind Machines; 7 Building Mirror Worlds; Epilogue; Notes; Index.

Summary: This speculative and explanatory essay takes the reader on a tour of the computer technology of the near future. The author explains how the new software will be made and how it will allow humans to explore their world in unprecedented depth and detail.

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This speculative and explanatory essay takes the reader on a tour of the computer technology of the near future. The author explains how the new software will be made and how it will allow humans to explore their world in unprecedented depth and detail.