OUR COMPUTATIONAL CULTURE: From Descartes to the Computer.

Discusses the development of the computational culture after the advent of printing. Secondary orality imposed sensorially by electronic technology; Development of analytic geometry and calculus; Concept of computer time; Development of a market economy; Theoretical and technical developments toward...

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Published in:ETC: A Review of General Semantics Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 123 - 145
Main Author: Berg, R. Dreyer
Format: Article
Published: Institute of General Semantics, Inc. Summer94
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Summary:Discusses the development of the computational culture after the advent of printing. Secondary orality imposed sensorially by electronic technology; Development of analytic geometry and calculus; Concept of computer time; Development of a market economy; Theoretical and technical developments towards computerization; Effects of industrialization, urbanization and market economy on society.