Cover of The Closed World

The Closed World

by Paul N. Edwards

1996 440 pages eng

The Closed World offers a radical alternative to the canonical histories of computers and cognitive science. Arguing that we can make sense of computers as tools only when we simultaneously grasp their roles as metaphors and political icons, Paul Edwards shows how Cold War social and cultural contex…

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