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The constitution of algorithms : ground-truthing, programming, formulating / Florian Jaton ; foreword by Geoffrey C. Bowker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jaton, Florian, author.
- Series:
- Inside Technology
- Inside technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Algorithms--Case studies.
- Computer programming--Case studies.
- Algorithms--Social aspects.
- Mathematics--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge The MIT Press 2021
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Ethnographic study of the constitution of algorithms"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I: Ground-Truthing
- 1. Studying Computer Scientists
- 2. A First Case Study
- II: Programming
- 3. Von Neumann's Draft, Electronic Brains, and Cognition
- 4. A Second Case Study
- III: Formulating
- 5. Mathematics as a Science
- 6. A Third Case Study
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Series List.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-36233-3
- 0-262-36323-2
- OCLC:
- 1245671973
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