TY - BOOK AU - Gelernter,David TI - Mirror Worlds: or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox ... How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean SN - 9780195344851 AV - QA76.754.G45 1991 U1 - 005.3005 PY - 1992/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Computer software KW - Software engineering KW - Computer programs KW - Logiciels KW - Génie logiciel KW - software KW - aat KW - COMPUTERS KW - Software Development & Engineering KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Weltbild KW - gnd KW - Zukunft KW - Virtuelle Realität KW - Software KW - Développement KW - ram KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=169834 ER -