"You Are Not Expected to Understand This"
how 26 lines of code changed the world
$31.99
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2022
Summary
Decoding Our World: The Human Stories Behind Computer Code
Leading technologists, historians, and journalists reveal the stories behind the computer coding that touches all aspects of life - for better or worse.
Few of us give much thought to computer code or how it comes to be. The very word ‘code’ makes it sound immutable or even inevitable. You Are Not Expected to Understand This demonstrates that, far from being preordained, computer code is the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691208480 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691208484 |
| Author: | Torie Bosch, Kelly Chudler, Ellen Ullman |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year””[An] intriguingly human collection of articles … [from] contributors, including programmers, technologists, historians, journalists and academics.”—Andrew Robinson, Nature“A wonderful book… . The writing is clear, and you don’t need to know anything about computers to understand pretty much every line of this book. A must-read!”—Jonathan Shock, Mathemafrica“
A highly relevant collection of short essays… . [You Are Not Expected to Understand This] is intended to develop readers’ appreciation for the critical role of software in their lives.
” * Choice *About The Author
Torie Bosch
Torie Bosch is editor of Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University that explores the intersection of technology, policy, and society. She lives outside of Philadelphia.
Kelly Chudler is a multidisciplinary artist and musician and the illustrator of Neuropedia (Princeton), Brain Bytes, and Worried?
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