{"product_id":"algorithmic-modernity-9780197502426","title":"Algorithmic Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithmic Modernity brings together experts in the history of mathematics to create an informed history for readers interested in the social and cultural implications of today's pervasive digital algorithm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithms are both centuries old and central to today's hopes and fears. In this compelling book, ten first-rate historians of science and mathematics trace the genealogy of algorithmic practices and ideas that play a crucial role in the modern world. * Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  Morgan G. Ames and Massimo Mazzotti   Chapter 1: Algorithm and Demonstration in the Sixteenth-Century Ars Magna  Abram Kaplan   Chapter 2: \"Some call it Arsmetrike, and some Awgryme\": Misprision and Precision in Algorithmic Thinking and Learning in 1543 and Beyond  Michael J. Barany   Chapter 3: The Orderly Universe: How the Calculus Became an Algorithm  Amir Alexander   Chapter 4: The Algorithmic Enlightenment  J.B. Shank   Chapter 5: Capitalism by Algorithm: Numbers for the Innumerate in the 18th and 19th Century Atlantic World  Caitlin C. Rosenthal   Chapter 6: Material Mathematics: British Algebra as Algorithmic Mathematics  Kevin Lambert   Chapter 7: \"For Computing is Our Duty\": Algorithmic Workers, Servants, and Women at the Harvard Observatory  Andrew Fiss   Chapter 8: Seeds of Control: Sugar Beets, Control Algorithms, and New Deal Data Politics  Theodora Dryer   Chapter 9: Inference Rituals: Algorithms and the History of Statistics  Christopher J. Phillips   Chapter 10: Decision Trees, Random Forests, and the Genealogy of the Black Box  Matthew L. Jones   Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732641198423,"sku":"9780197502426","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197502426.jpg?v=1719997768","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/algorithmic-modernity-9780197502426","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}