{"product_id":"close-to-the-machine-25th-anniversary-edition-technophilia-and-its-discontents-9781250884121","title":"Close to the Machine (25th Anniversary Edition): Technophilia and Its Discontents","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Ellen Ullman's memoir of her life as a software engineer was published in 1997, it was greeted as a revelatory meditation on the dawn of the digital era. Now, twenty-five years later, \u003ci\u003eClose to the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e is a true classic, a touchstone work that illuminates our time and our future life in technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the story of a woman whose life is spinning out of control. Technology becomes her unlikely lifeline. As she navigates this socially flawed and male-dominated world, Ullman shows us the struggle of translating the messiness of human thought into algorithms, and also discovers unexpected beauty in the logic of code.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3013193\"\u003eEllen Ullman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.47w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250884121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250884128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO015000\"\u003eScience \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC071000\"\u003eTechnology Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-COM\"\u003eComputers\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-COM080000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Ullman\u003c\/b\u003e wrote her first computer program in 1978. She went on to have a twenty-year career as a programmer and software engineer. Her essays and books have become landmark works describing the social, emotional, and personal effects of technology. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eBy Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book; and \u003ci\u003eThe Bug\u003c\/i\u003e, a runner-up for the PEN\/Hemingway Award. Her memoir, \u003ci\u003eClose to the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, about her life as a software engineer during the internet's first rise, became a cult classic. She is based in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44493595377901,"sku":"9781250884121","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_5595f21a-0f3f-452e-a854-61630f1bb9c0.jpg?v=1700914692","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/close-to-the-machine-25th-anniversary-edition-technophilia-and-its-discontents-9781250884121","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}