Recursivity and Contingency

By Yuk Hui

Book Overview

This book is an investigation of algorithmic contingency and an elucidation of the contemporary situation that we are living in: the regular arrival of algorithmic catastrophes on a global scale. Through a historical analysis of philosophy, computation and media, this book proposes a renewed relation between nature and technics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786600536
• ISBN13: 9781786600530
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 21 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5