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Autore |
Gelernter David Hillel |
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Titolo |
Mirror worlds, or, The day software puts the universe in a shoebox... : how it will happen and what it will mean / / David Gelernter [[electronic resource]] |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2020 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-756037-7 |
1-280-52647-5 |
9786610526475 |
0-19-534485-5 |
1-4294-0698-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Virtual reality |
Interactive computer systems |
Virtual reality - Social aspects |
Interactive computer systems - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1991. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Figures; Prologue; 1 Mirror Worlds?; 2 The Orb; 3 Disembodied Machines; 4 Space, Time and Multi-time; 5 The Deluge; 6 Simple Mind Machines; 7 Building Mirror Worlds; Epilogue; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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David Gelernter explains how 'mirror worlds' programming can be structured and used based on current and presently developing computer components and technology. |
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