Computer power and human reason

from judgement to calculation

by Joseph Weizenbaum

300 pages

English language

Published Aug. 7, 1976 by W. H. Freeman.

ISBN:: 978-0-7167-0464-5

(2 reviews)

Computer Power and Human Reason is a distinguished computer scientist's elucidation of the impact of scientific rationality on man's self-image.

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3 stars

Between the introductory material on Turing machines & digital logic and the preachy moral & ethical ravings are some decent insights.

I'd recommend RMS or Weapons of Math Destruction over this for the social implications of programming.

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July 1, 2015

Subjects

Computers.
Computers and civilization.
Programming (Electronic computers)