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The constitution of algorithms : ground-truthing, programming, formulating / Florian Jaton ; foreword by Geoffrey C. Bowker.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jaton, Florian, author.
Contributor:
Bowker, Geoffrey C., writer of foreword.
Series:
Inside technology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Algorithms--Case studies.
Algorithms.
Computer programming--Case studies.
Computer programming.
Algorithms--Social aspects.
Mathematics--Philosophy.
Mathematics.
Social aspects.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
System Details:
text file
Summary:
"Ethnographic study of the constitution of algorithms"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
I Ground-Truthing p. 27
1 Studying Computer Scientists p. 31
2 A First Case Study p. 51
II Programming p. 87
3 Von Neumann's Draft, Electronic Brains, and Cognition p. 93
4 A Second Case Study p. 135
III Formulating p. 197
5 Mathematics as a Science p. 203
6 A Third Case Study p. 237.
Notes:
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
9780262363235
0262363232
OCLC:
1202407378
Access Restriction:
Open Access Unrestricted online access

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