9781846147449
Analogia

A spellbinding exploration of the emergence of the digital age and an unsettling vision of what comes next. In a world where humans coexist with technologies they no longer control or understand, who holds the future? George Dyson plots a thrilling and unexpected course through 300 years of history and science to reveal the hidden connections that underpin the digital transformation of the current age, ending with a premonition of what might follow. From an eighteenth-century Russian expedition to the furthest reaches of North America, to the mirror signals that heralded the age of digital long-range communications and the invention of the vacuum tube, Analogia interweaves historical adventure with scientific insight in a deeply personal story that frames the pursuit - and cost - of the digital revolution in a captivating new light.

  • Publisher: Allen Lane
  • Publication date: 18/08/2020
  • ISBN: 9781846147449
  • Page extent: 304
  • Format: Hardback
  • Dimensions: 238 mm x 155 mm
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