Algorithmic Modernity: Mechanizing Thought and Action, 1500-2000 by Morgan G. Am

Description: Algorithmic Modernity by Morgan G. Ames, Massimo Mazzotti Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Algorithmic Modernity brings together experts in the history of mathematics to create an informed history for readers interested in the social and cultural implications of todays pervasive digital algorithm. Publisher Description Algorithms have been transforming human society long before the advent of computing. Yet they continue to exist in relative invisibility despite their presence behind many of our modern social interactions. The rhetoric of algorithmic neutrality is more alive than ever, and algorithms are often depicted as obvious and unproblematic—without context and without history. Algorithmic Modernity draws together the history ofmathematics and intellectual history to convey the enduring global history of the algorithm as a computational tool, epistemic ideal, and rhetorical figure alongside the ascendance of modernity. Through historicalreconstructions of relevant thinkers and cultural phenomena over the last five hundred years, this collection of essays reveals how algorithms became the standard method for solving problems from the early inclusion of algorithms in Newtons formation of calculus to their later influence in the New Deal economy. Together, these essays create an informed history for readers interested in the social and cultural implications of todays pervasive digital algorithm. Featuringexperts in mathematics, history, and computing, Algorithmic Modernity presents a multi-faceted exploration of the genealogy of algorithmic thinking in modern times. Author Biography Morgan G. Ames, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Information and Associate Director of Research for the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Ames researches the ideological origins of inequality in the technology world, with a focus on utopianism, childhood, and learning. Her first book, The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop perChild (MIT Press, 2019), won the 2020 Best Information Science Book Award, the 2020 Sally Hacker Prize, and the 2021 Computer History Museum Prize.Massimo Mazzotti, PhD, is Thomas M. Siebel Professor of the History of Science and Director of the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Mazzotti has published on the gendering of mathematics, mathematics and religion, Enlightenment science, and the politics of various processes of quantification, standardization, and mechanization. His current projects explore the political dimension of mathematical reasoning inrevolutionary Europe; the intersection of technology, design, and social planning in post-war Italy; and the social life of algorithms. Details ISBN 0197502423 ISBN-13 9780197502426 Title Algorithmic Modernity Author Morgan G. Ames, Massimo Mazzotti Format Hardcover Year 2023 Pages 312 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:158753172; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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