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  1. Science fiction and computing
    essays on interlinked domains
    Published: c2011
    Publisher:  McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC

    The prevalence of science fiction readership among those who create and program computers is so well-known that it has become a cliche, but the phenomenon has remained largely unexplored by scholars. What role has science fiction played in the actual... more

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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    The prevalence of science fiction readership among those who create and program computers is so well-known that it has become a cliche, but the phenomenon has remained largely unexplored by scholars. What role has science fiction played in the actual development of computers and computing? And likewise, how has computing (including the related fields of robotics and artificial intelligence) affected the course of science fiction? The 18 essays in this critical work explore the interrelationship of these domains over the span of more than half a century

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0786445653; 9780786445653
    Subjects: Computer science; Computers in literature; Science fiction
    Scope: Online-Ressource (x, 317 p), ill., photographs
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Technology's Other Storytellers; 2. Computers in Science Fiction; 3. Murray Leinster and "A Logic Named Joe"; 4. Atorox, Finnish Fictional Robot with a Changing Personality in the Late 1940s; 5. Computer Science on the Planet Krypton; 6. Manned Space Flight and Artificial Intelligence; 7. "That Does Not Compute"; 8. "Hello, Computer"; 9. Turn Off the Gringo Machine! The "Electronic Brain" and Cybernetic Imagination in Brazilian Cinema; 10. A (Brave New) World Is More Than a Few Gizmos Crammed Together

    11. True Risks? The Pleasures and Perils of Cyberspace12. Science Fiction as Myth; 13. Creating a Techno-Mythology for a New Age; 14. Embodiment, Emotion, and Moral Experiences; 15. "Predicting the Present"; 16. "Low on Milk. I Love You!"; 17. Nanotechnology Tomorrows; 18. Imagining the Omniscient Computer; About the Contributors; Index
  2. Science fiction and computing
    essays on interlinked domains
    Contributor: Ferro, David L. (Hrsg.)
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  McFarland, Jefferson, NC

    "Given the decline in students entering scientific, engineering and mathematical disciplines in the United States, this is a particularly important question within computer science. The 18 chapters in this work explore the importance of science... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
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    Bt 7072
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    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen
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    a asl 521.2/051
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    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
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    R Soz DK 90
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    Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, KIT-Bibliothek
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    2011 A 3605
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    "Given the decline in students entering scientific, engineering and mathematical disciplines in the United States, this is a particularly important question within computer science. The 18 chapters in this work explore the importance of science fiction as a body of literature that has, through various means, facilitated the invention and use of computers, and continues to do so" --Provided by publisher

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Ferro, David L. (Hrsg.)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780786445653
    Other identifier:
    9780786445653
    RVK Categories: AP 53900 ; SR 990 ; EC 6745
    Subjects: Science fiction; Computers in literature; Computer science
    Scope: X, 317 S., Ill., 23 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index