The Switch, an off and on history of digital humans, Jason Puskar
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The Switch, an off and on history of digital humans, Jason Puskar
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-322) and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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The Switch
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bibliography
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Jason Puskar
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an off and on history of digital humans
Summary
"The Switch traces the rise of a technology that has transformed everyday life for billions of people: the binary switch. Chronicling its rapid growth since the mid-nineteenth century, Jason Puskar moves beyond a technical history to offer a cultural and political analysis of how reducing so much human action to binary alternatives has profoundly reshaped modern society"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Origin stories -- Designing the button -- Analogs and analogies -- The point of touch -- Counting on the body -- Darth Vader's nipples -- The keyboard's checkered past -- Human types -- Chording and coding -- The archaeology of qwerty -- The toys of Dionysus -- Pinball wizards -- The control panel of democracy -- Switching philosophies -- Pistolgraphs -- First-person shooters
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