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23771352 |
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US-DLC |
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20250928122931.0 |
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240628s2024 nyu ob 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2024014604 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
9780802158857 |
| Qualifying information |
(ebook) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780802158840 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
23771352 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
Alfaisal Main Library |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QA76.6 |
| Item number |
.S61546 2025 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Smith, Andrew, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1961- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Devil in the stack : |
| Remainder of title |
a code odyssey / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Andrew Smith. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2025 |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Atlantic Monthly Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2025. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
442 pages |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"From internationally bestselling author and journalist Andrew Smith, an immersive, alarming, sharp-eyed journey into the bizarre world of computer code, told through his sometimes painful, often amusing attempt to become a coder himself. Throughout history, technological revolutions have been driven by the invention of machines. But today, the power of the technology transforming our world lies in an intangible and impenetrable cosmos of software: algorithmic code. So symbiotic has our relationship with this code become that we barely notice it anymore. We can't see it, are not even sure how to think about it, and yet we do almost nothing that doesn't depend on it. In a world increasingly governed by technologies that so few can comprehend, who-or what-controls the future? Devil in the Stack follows Andrew Smith on his immersive trip into the world of coding, passing through the stories of logic, machine-learning, and early computing, from Ada Lovelace to Alan Turing and up to the present moment, behind the scenes into the lives-and minds-of the new frontierspeople of the twenty-first century: those who write code. Smith embarks on a quest to understand this sect in what he believes to be the only way possible: by learning to code himself. Expansive and effervescent, Devil in the Stack delivers a portrait of code as both a vivid culture and an impending threat. How do we control a technology that most people can't understand? And are we programming ourselves out of existence? Perhaps most terrifying of all: Is there something about the way we compute-the way code works-that is innately at odds with the way humans have evolved? By turns revelatory, unsettling, and joyously funny, Devil in the Stack is an essential book for our times, of vital interest to anyone hoping to participate in the future-defining technological debates to come"-- |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Smith, Andrew, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1961- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Computer programming |
| General subdivision |
Popular works. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Human-computer interaction |
| General subdivision |
Popular works. |
| 655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Print books. |
| Source of term |
local |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4 |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Display text |
Print version: |
| Main entry heading |
Smith, Andrew, 1961- |
| Title |
Devil in the stack |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024. |
| International Standard Book Number |
9780802158840 |
| Record control number |
(DLC) 2024014603 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type |
BOOKS |
