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The user illusion : cutting consciousness down to size / Tor Nørretranders ; translated by Jonathan...

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The user illusion : cutting consciousness down to size / Tor Nørretranders ; translated by Jonathan...

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The user illusion : cutting consciousness down to size / Tor Nørretranders ; translated by Jonathan Sydenham.

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Full title

The user illusion : cutting consciousness down to size / Tor Nørretranders ; translated by Jonathan Sydenham.

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Publisher

New York : Viking, c1998.

Uniform title

Maerk verden. English.

Call Numbers

N153/107

Record Identifier

74VM0mXEWDvO

MMS ID

991001666019702626

Language

English

Danish

(Language of original)

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Physical Description

Physical content

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....

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Viking, c1998.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

c1998.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

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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Full title

The user illusion : cutting consciousness down to size / Tor Nørretranders ; translated by Jonathan Sydenham.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-456) and index.

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Date Copyright

c1998.

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Call Numbers

N153/107

Record Identifier

74VM0mXEWDvO

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0mXEWDvO

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ISBN

0670875791

9780670875795 (alk. paper)

0670875791 (alk. paper)

9780670875795

DDC

153

MMS ID

991001666019702626

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