Cybernetics―the science of communication and control as it applies to machines and to humans―originates from efforts during World War II to build automatic antiaircraft systems. Following the war, this science extended beyond military needs to examine all systems that rely on information and feedback, from the level of the cell to that of society. In The Cybernetics Moment, Ron...(展开全部)

Cybernetics―the science of communication and control as it applies to machines and to humans―originates from efforts during World War II to build automatic antiaircraft systems. Following the war, this science extended beyond military needs to examine all systems that rely on information and feedback, from the level of the cell to that of society. In The Cybernetics Moment, Ron...(展开全部)

Ethics for the Information Age offers students a timely, balanced, and impartial treatment of computer ethics. By including an introduction to ethical theories and material on the history of computing, the text addresses all the topics of the “Social and Professional Issues” in the 2001 Model Curricula for Computing developed by the ACM and IEEE Computer Society. By introducing...(展开全部)

This book is appropriate for any standalone "computers and society" or "computer ethics" course offered by a computer science, business, or philosophy department, as well as special "modules" in any advanced CS course. In an era where information technology changes constantly, a thoughtful response to these rapid changes requires a basic understanding of IT history, an awarene...(展开全部)

This book provides modern coverage of the ethics that surround information technology. It offers readers a timely, balanced, and impartial treatment of computer ethics. It introduces ethical theories early and uses them throughout the book to evaluate moral problems related to information technology. Earlier chapters focus on issues concerned with the individual computer us...(展开全部)

'While reading Tyranny of the Moment, I found myself both charmed and challenged. The subject is an important one, and Thomas Hylland Eriksen handles it with style, a light touch, and many amiable provocations.' Todd Gitlin The turn of the millennium is characterized by exponential growth in everything related to communication -- from the internet and email to air traffic. Ty...(展开全部)

The turn of the millennium is characterised by exponential growth in everything related to communication - from the internet and email to air traffic. Tyranny of the Moment deals with the most perplexing paradoxes of this new information age. Who would have expected that apparently timesaving technology results in time being scarcer than ever? And has this seemingly limitless a...(展开全部)

A theoretical history of anthropomorphism and proportion in modern architecture, bringing into focus the discourse around proportion with current problems of post-humanism in architecture alongside the new possibilities made available through digital technologies. The book firstly examines how the body and its ordering has served as a central site of architectural discourse in ...(展开全部)

A theoretical history of anthropomorphism and proportion in modern architecture, bringing into focus the discourse around proportion with current problems of post-humanism in architecture alongside the new possibilities made available through digital technologies. The book firstly examines how the body and its ordering has served as a central site of architectural discourse in ...(展开全部)

弗洛·康韦（Flo Conway）毕业于新墨西哥大学，获得新闻学学士学位。后于俄勒冈州大学获得硕士及博士学位。在那里，她开创了第一个跨学科的交流项目。 吉姆·西格尔曼（Jim Siegelman）以优异的成绩毕业于哈佛大学哲学系，他还担任过哈佛讽刺报的主席。后作为剑桥大学三一学院的奖学金获得者，在哲学、语言学和符号学方面进行了研究学习。 两人都是获奖记者、传播学研究人员，合著有《迷失》《神圣的恐怖》，现定居美国纽约市。