Overview
With a New Introduction by Jaron Lanier
A Salon Best Book of the Year
In 1997, the computer was still a relatively new tool---a sleek and unforgiving machine that was beyond the grasp of most users. With intimate and unflinching detail, software engineer Ellen Ullman examines the strange ecstasy of being at the forefront of the predominantly male technological revolution, and the difficulty of translating the inherent messiness of human life into artful and efficient code. Close to the Machine is an elegant and revelatory mediation on the dawn of the digital era.
The book, Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781250002488 in Paperback by Ellen Ullman may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02/28/2012
ISBN-10:
1250002486
ISBN-13:
9781250002488
Pages:
208
Publisher:
Picador
