How We Became Posthuman

Author: N. Katherine Hayles
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B0026REAF6
Publisher: University of Chicago Press

How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics

"In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the ""bodies"" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. How We Became Posthuman
author n katherine hayles format paperback language english publication year 05 03 1999 subject computing it subject 2 computing professional programming title how we became posthuman virtual bodies in cybernetics literature information paper author hayles n katherine hayles katherine publisher univ of chicago pr publication date feb 01 1999 pages 364 binding paperback edition 1 st dimensions 6 00 wx 9 25 hx 1 00 d isbn 0226321460 subject science general description hayles english ucla investi
While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans ""beamed"" Star Trek-style, others view them with horror, seeing monsters brooding in the machines. In How We Became Posthuman, N. Katherine Hayles separates hype from fact, investigating the fate of embodiment in an information age. Hayles relates three interwoven stories: how information lost its body, that is, how it came to be conceptualized as an entity separate from the material forms that carry it; the cultural and technological construction of the cyborg; and the dismantling Download free How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared
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Hayles relates three interwoven stories: how information lost its body, that is, how it came to be conceptualized as an entity separate from the material forms that carry it; the cultural and technological construction of the cyborg; and the dismantling