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  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,
    UID:
    almahu_9949233844102882
    Format: 1 online resource (x, 223 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).
    ISBN: 9781009042840 (ebook)
    Content: Why is political rhetoric broken - and how can it be fixed? Words on Fire returns to the origins of rhetoric to recover the central place of eloquence in political thought. Eloquence, for the orators of classical antiquity, emerged from rhetorical relationships that exposed both speaker and audience to risk. Through close readings of Cicero - and his predecessors, rivals, and successors - political theorist and former speechwriter Rob Goodman tracks the development of this ideal, in which speech is both spontaneous and stylized, and in which the pursuit of eloquence mitigates political inequalities. He goes on to trace the fierce disputes over Ciceronian speech in the modern world through the work of such figures as Burke, Macaulay, Tocqueville, and Schmitt, explaining how rhetorical risk-sharing has broken down. Words on Fire offers a powerful critique of today's political language - and shows how the struggle over the meaning of eloquence has shaped our world.
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Dec 2021).
    Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9781316517659
    Language: English
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  • 2
    Book
    Book
    New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney ; New Delhi :Simon & Schuster paperbacks,
    UID:
    almafu_BV044478123
    Format: xv, 366 Seiten ; , 24 cm.
    Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition
    ISBN: 978-1-4767-6668-3 , 1-4767-6668-1 , 978-1-4767-6669-0 , 1-4767-6669-X
    Content: Chronicles the life and times of the lesser-known Information Age intellect, revealing how his discoveries and innovations set the stage for the digital era, influencing the work of such collaborators and rivals as Alan Turing, John von Neumann and Vannevar Bush
    Content: "The life and times of one of the foremost intellects of the twentieth century: Claude Shannon--the architect of the Information Age, whose insights stand behind every computer built, email sent, video streamed, and webpage loaded. Claude Shannon was a groundbreaking polymath, a brilliant tinkerer, and a digital pioneer. He constructed a fleet of customized unicycles and a flamethrowing trumpet, outfoxed Vegas casinos, and built juggling robots. He also wrote the seminal text of the digital revolution, which has been called 'the Magna Carta of the Information Age.' His discoveries would lead contemporaries to compare him to Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton. His work anticipated by decades the world we'd be living in today--and gave mathematicians and engineers the tools to bring that world to pass. In this elegantly written, exhaustively researched biography, Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman reveal Claude Shannon's full story for the first time. It's the story of a small-town Michigan boy whose career stretched from the era of room-sized computers powered by gears and string to the age of Apple. It's the story of the origins of our digital world in the tunnels of MIT and the 'idea factory' of Bell Labs, in the 'scientists' war' with Nazi Germany, and in the work of Shannon's collaborators and rivals, thinkers like Alan Turing, John von Neumann, Vannevar Bush, and Norbert Wiener. And it's the story of Shannon's life as an often reclusive, always playful genius. With access to Shannon's family and friends, A Mind at Play brings this singular innovator and creative genius to life."--Jacket
    Note: Gaylord -- Ann Arbor -- The room-sized brain -- MIT -- A decidedly unconventional type of youngster -- Cold Spring Harbor -- The labs -- Princeton -- Fire control -- A six-day workweek -- The unspeakable system -- Turing -- Manhattan -- The utter dark -- From intelligence to information -- The bomb -- Building a bandwagon -- Mathematical intentions, honorable and otherwise -- Wiener -- A transformative year -- TMI -- "We urgently need the assistance of Dr. Claude E. Shannon" -- The man-machines -- The game of kings -- Constructive dissatisfaction -- Professor Shannon -- Inside information -- A gadgeteer's paradise -- Peculiar motions -- Kyoto -- The illness -- Aftershocks
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-4767-6670-6
    Language: English
    Subjects: Engineering
    RVK:
    Keywords: 1916-2001 Shannon, Claude Elwood ; Biografie ; Biographies ; Biography ; Biografie
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  • 3
    UID:
    gbv_872546071
    Format: xv, 366 Seiten, 16 unnummerierte Seiten , Illustrationen
    Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition July 2017
    ISBN: 9781476766683 , 9781476766690
    Content: Gaylord -- Ann Arbor -- The room-sized brain -- MIT -- A decidedly unconventional type of youngster -- Cold Spring Harbor -- The labs -- Princeton -- Fire control -- A six-day workweek -- The unspeakable system -- Turing -- Manhattan -- The utter dark -- From intelligence to information -- The bomb -- Building a bandwagon -- Mathematical intentions, honorable and otherwise -- Wiener -- A transformative year -- TMI -- "We urgently need the assistance of Dr. Claude E. Shannon" -- The man-machines -- The game of kings -- Constructive dissatisfaction -- Professor Shannon -- Inside information -- A gadgeteer's paradise -- Peculiar motions -- Kyoto -- The illness -- Aftershocks
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781476766706
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Soni, Jimmy Mind at play New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017
    Language: English
    Subjects: Engineering
    RVK:
    Keywords: Shannon, Claude Elwood 1916-2001 ; Biografie
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