What algorithms want : imagination in the age of computing /
Finn, Ed.
What algorithms want : imagination in the age of computing / Ed Finn. - viii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- What is an algorithm? -- Building the star trek computer -- House of cards: the aesthetics of abstraction -- Coding cow clicker: the work of algorithms -- Counting bitcoin -- Coda: the algorithmic imagination -- Notes -- Figure credits -- Works cited -- Index.
9780262035927 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780262536042 (paperback)
2016030924
Information technology--Social aspects.
Computers--Social aspects.
Algorithms--Social aspects.
HM851 / .F5565 2017
303.48/34
What algorithms want : imagination in the age of computing / Ed Finn. - viii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- What is an algorithm? -- Building the star trek computer -- House of cards: the aesthetics of abstraction -- Coding cow clicker: the work of algorithms -- Counting bitcoin -- Coda: the algorithmic imagination -- Notes -- Figure credits -- Works cited -- Index.
9780262035927 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780262536042 (paperback)
2016030924
Information technology--Social aspects.
Computers--Social aspects.
Algorithms--Social aspects.
HM851 / .F5565 2017
303.48/34