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Available
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Publication
Running Pr Book Pub (1999)
Description
The essays and memoirs collected in Seek! trace Rudy Rucker's trajectory through the final decade of the second millennium. His topics include artificial life, chaos, the big bang, Pieter Brueghel, the church of the subgenius, live sex, mathematics, science fiction, and TV evangelism. A computer scientist and programmer, Rucker is an articulate, engaging guide to the world on either side of the computer screen.
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LibraryThing member jbushnell
Breezy essays on heady topics: cellular automata, fractals, mysticism, SF, Japan, and Peter Breughel among them. Flimsy in spots, a little out of date in others (some of the essays on technology date back to the 1980s), but nevertheless, an OK geek vacation book: mostly pleasant and easy,
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occasionally thought-provoking. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
8.5 inches
ISBN
1568581386 / 9781568581385