Rise of the Machines: the lost history of cybernetics

by Thomas Rid

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What does "cyber" even mean? And where does the idea come from?

We live in an age increasingly defined by technology. But as we check our emails, board a plane, or read about the latest Russian hack, we rarely ask how the ideas that shaped our modern world originated.

Thomas Rid's revelatory history of cybernetics pulls together disparate threads in the history of technology: from the invention of radar and pilotless flying bombs in World War Two, to artificial intelligence, virtual reality, cryptocurrencies, and present day fears about cyber security.

  • ISBN10 1911344102
  • ISBN13 9781911344100
  • Publish Date 11 May 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 15 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Scribe Publications
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 432
  • Language English