1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911089342803321

Autore

Radhakrishnan R (Rajagopalan)

Titolo

Diasporic mediations : between home and location / / R. Radhakrishnan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1996

ISBN

0-8166-8664-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 pages)

Disciplina

301.01

301/.01

306

Soggetti

Postmodernism - Social aspects

Culture

Ethnicity

Identity (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Changing Subject and the Politics of Theory; 2 Toward an Effective Intellectual: Foucault or Gramsci?; 3 Ethnic Identity and Poststructuralist Differance; 4 Culture as Common Ground: Ethnicity and Beyond; 5 Canonicity and Theory: Toward a Poststructuralist Pedagogy; 6 Negotiating Subject Positions in an Uneven World; 7 Cultural Theory and the Politics of Location; 8 Postcoloniality and the Boundaries of Identity; 9 Nationalism, Gender, and the Narrative of Identity; 10 Is the Ethnic ""Authentic"" in the Diaspora?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the heated, often rancorous debates that are the "culture wars," identity politics has been at the center of both popular and academic discussion. In this series of meditations on the relationship between theory and practice, R. Radhakrishnan probes the intersections of poststructuralism and postcoloniality that lie at the heart of contemporary controversies over identity and difference.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911143378303321

Autore

Copeland B. Jack <1950->

Titolo

Turing : pioneer of the information age / / B. Jack Copeland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-163378-X

1-283-80442-5

0-19-163377-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Disciplina

510

510.92

Soggetti

Mathematicians - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; 1. Click, Tap, or Touch to Open; 2. The Universal Turing Machine; 3. America, Mathematics, Hitler; 4. Di-di-di-dah-Enigma Calling; 5. Turing's U-boat Battle; 6. 1942: Back to America + Hitler's New Code; 7. Colossus, Delilah, Victory; 8. ACE, A Month's Work in a Minute; 9. Manchester's 'Electronic Brain'; 10. The Imitation Game-Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life; 11. Cold Porridge; 12. /END////; Appendix: A Simple Turing Machine; Notes; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Alan Turing can be regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. But who was Turing, and what did he achieve during his tragically short life of 41 years? Best known as the genius who broke Germany's most secret codes during the war of 1939-45, Turing was also the father of the modern computer. Today, all who 'click-to-open' are familiar with the impact of Turing's ideas. Here, B. Jack Copeland provides an account of Turing's life and work, exploring the key elements of his life-story in tandem with his leading ideas and contributions. The book highlights Turing's contribution