Difference between revisions of "Paul N. Edwards, The closed world"
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| − | 1. "We defend every place" : building the Cold War world | + | 1. "We defend every place" : building the Cold War world |
| − | 2. Why build computers? : the military role in computer research | + | |
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3. Sage -- | 3. Sage -- | ||
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4. From operations research to the electronic battlefield -- | 4. From operations research to the electronic battlefield -- | ||
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5. Interlude : metaphor and the politics of subjectivity -- | 5. Interlude : metaphor and the politics of subjectivity -- | ||
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6. The machine in the middle : cybernetic psychology and World War II -- | 6. The machine in the middle : cybernetic psychology and World War II -- | ||
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7. Noise, communication, and cognition -- | 7. Noise, communication, and cognition -- | ||
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8. Constructing artificial intelligence -- | 8. Constructing artificial intelligence -- | ||
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9. Computers and politics in Cold War II -- | 9. Computers and politics in Cold War II -- | ||
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10. Minds, machines, and subjectivity in the closed world. | 10. Minds, machines, and subjectivity in the closed world. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:25, 1 April 2021
The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1996. xx + 440 pp.
ISBN 978-0-262-05051-7; ISBN 978-0-262-55028-4.
Contents: 1. "We defend every place" : building the Cold War world
2. Why build computers? : the military role in computer research
3. Sage --
4. From operations research to the electronic battlefield --
5. Interlude : metaphor and the politics of subjectivity --
6. The machine in the middle : cybernetic psychology and World War II --
7. Noise, communication, and cognition --
8. Constructing artificial intelligence --
9. Computers and politics in Cold War II --
10. Minds, machines, and subjectivity in the closed world.
