{"product_id":"devil-in-the-stack-a-code-odyssey-hardcover","title":"Devil in the Stack: A Code Odyssey - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout 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 \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e--controls the future?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDevil in the Stack\u003c\/i\u003e 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 frontiers people of the 21st century: those who write code. Smith embarks on a quest to understand this sect in what he believes to be the only way\u003cbr\u003epossible: by learning to code himself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpansive and effervescent, \u003ci\u003eDevil in the Stack\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eDevil in the Stack\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential book for our times, of vital interest to anyone hoping to participate in the future-defining technological debates to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Smith has worked as a critic and feature writer for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Face\u003c\/i\u003e, and has penned documentaries for the BBC. He is the author of the\u003cbr\u003einternationally bestselling book \u003ci\u003eMoondust\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eabout the nine remaining men who walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972, and \u003ci\u003eTotally Wired\u003c\/i\u003e. He was raised in the UK\u003cbr\u003eand currently lives in California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751509885216,"sku":"9780802158840","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b3a15606b65c7b6268713b136a9e2e70.webp?v=1779974635","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/devil-in-the-stack-a-code-odyssey-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}