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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.

ISBN: 9780262035927 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780262536042 (paperback)

LCCN: 2016030924

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Information technology--Social aspects.
Computers--Social aspects.
Algorithms--Social aspects.

LC Class. No.: HM851 / .F5565 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 303.48/34