Author: John MAXWELL (M.A.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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A letter from a friend in England to Mr. Maxwell complaining of his dilatoriness in the publication of his-so-long-promised work [i.e. "The English language, from its original and through its several dialects"]: with a character of Mr. Johnson's English dictionary lately published and Mr. Maxwell's justification of himself, etc. [By John Maxwell himself.]
Author: John MAXWELL (M.A.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada
Author: Francis Parkman
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Category : Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Category : Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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How We Became Posthuman
Author: N. Katherine Hayles
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226321462
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the "bodies" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans "beamed" Star Trek-style, others view them with horror, seeing monsters brooding in the machines. In How We Became Posthuman, N. Katherine Hayles separates hype from fact, investigating the fate of embodiment in an information age. Hayles relates three interwoven stories: how information lost its body, that is, how it came to be conceptualized as an entity separate from the material forms that carry it; the cultural and technological construction of the cyborg; and the dismantling of the liberal humanist "subject" in cybernetic discourse, along with the emergence of the "posthuman." Ranging widely across the history of technology, cultural studies, and literary criticism, Hayles shows what had to be erased, forgotten, and elided to conceive of information as a disembodied entity. Thus she moves from the post-World War II Macy Conferences on cybernetics to the 1952 novel Limbo by cybernetics aficionado Bernard Wolfe; from the concept of self-making to Philip K. Dick's literary explorations of hallucination and reality; and from artificial life to postmodern novels exploring the implications of seeing humans as cybernetic systems. Although becoming posthuman can be nightmarish, Hayles shows how it can also be liberating. From the birth of cybernetics to artificial life, How We Became Posthuman provides an indispensable account of how we arrived in our virtual age, and of where we might go from here.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226321462
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the "bodies" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans "beamed" Star Trek-style, others view them with horror, seeing monsters brooding in the machines. In How We Became Posthuman, N. Katherine Hayles separates hype from fact, investigating the fate of embodiment in an information age. Hayles relates three interwoven stories: how information lost its body, that is, how it came to be conceptualized as an entity separate from the material forms that carry it; the cultural and technological construction of the cyborg; and the dismantling of the liberal humanist "subject" in cybernetic discourse, along with the emergence of the "posthuman." Ranging widely across the history of technology, cultural studies, and literary criticism, Hayles shows what had to be erased, forgotten, and elided to conceive of information as a disembodied entity. Thus she moves from the post-World War II Macy Conferences on cybernetics to the 1952 novel Limbo by cybernetics aficionado Bernard Wolfe; from the concept of self-making to Philip K. Dick's literary explorations of hallucination and reality; and from artificial life to postmodern novels exploring the implications of seeing humans as cybernetic systems. Although becoming posthuman can be nightmarish, Hayles shows how it can also be liberating. From the birth of cybernetics to artificial life, How We Became Posthuman provides an indispensable account of how we arrived in our virtual age, and of where we might go from here.
Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760
Author: Richard Pococke
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Norfolk Annals
Author: Charles Mackie
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471088545
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Norfolk Annals - A chronological record of remarkable events in the nineteenth century. Antiquarian reprint. Digipublushing are independent publishers producing paperback and digital reprints of antiquarian, out of print and rare books.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471088545
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Norfolk Annals - A chronological record of remarkable events in the nineteenth century. Antiquarian reprint. Digipublushing are independent publishers producing paperback and digital reprints of antiquarian, out of print and rare books.
History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey
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Category : Hunterdon County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
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Category : Hunterdon County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
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The American Revolution
Author: John Fiske
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This book offers a general history of the American Revolution, from the first grievances of trade to the end of the conflict. Most attention is dedicated to military, political, and revolutionary social proceedings in relation to the war.
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This book offers a general history of the American Revolution, from the first grievances of trade to the end of the conflict. Most attention is dedicated to military, political, and revolutionary social proceedings in relation to the war.
The Story of an Old Farm
Author: Andrew D. Mellick
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Waterloo: the Downfall of the First Napoleon
Author: George Hooper
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Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
From Tin Foil to Stereo
Author: Oliver Read
Publisher: Indianapolis : H. W. Sams
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Publisher: Indianapolis : H. W. Sams
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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