The user illusion : cutting consciousness down to size / Tor Nørretranders ; translated by Jonathan...
The user illusion : cutting consciousness down to size / Tor Nørretranders ; translated by Jonathan Sydenham.
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New York : Viking, c1998.
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N153/107
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English
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xii, 467 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Computation. Ch. 1. Maxwell's Demon. Ch. 2. Throwing Away Information. Ch. 3. Infinite Algorithms. Ch. 4. The Depth of Complexity -- Pt. II. Communication. Ch. 5. The Tree of Talking. Ch. 6. The Bandwidth of Consciousness. Ch. 7. The Bomb of Psychology. Ch. 8. The View from Within -- Pt. III....
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New York : Viking, c1998.
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New York (State)
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c1998.
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The "user illusion" of this book's title comes from computer design and refers to the simplistic mental image most of us have of our PCs. Our consciousness, says Norretranders, is our user illusion of ourselves. The User Illusion makes the case that humans are designed for a much richer existence than processing a dribble of data from a computer sc...
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The user illusion : cutting consciousness down to size / Tor Nørretranders ; translated by Jonathan Sydenham.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-456) and index.
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c1998.
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N153/107
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0670875791
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0670875791 (alk. paper)
9780670875795
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153
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991001666019702626