Analogia The Entangled Destinies of Nature, Human Beings and Machines

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020How did we end up in a world where humans coexist with technologies we can no longer fully control or understand?George Dyson plots an unexpected course through the past 300 years to reveal the hidden connections that underpin our digital age, ending with a premonition of what lies ahead. From an eighteenth-century Russian voyage across the North Pacific, to the mirror signals that heralded the age of digital telecommunications and the invention of the vacuum tube, Analogia interweaves historical adventure with scientific insight in a deeply personal story that frames the pursuit - and cost - of the digital revolution in a captivating new light.

ISBN:	9780141975436
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:	Penguin Books
Published date:	28 Jul 2022
DEWEY:	303.483
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	304
Weight:	276g
Height:	129mm
Width:	197mm
Spine width:	33mm

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