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9780465012985

The Computers of Star Trek

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  • ISBN13:

    9780465012985

  • ISBN10:

    0465012981

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: Basic Books
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Summary

In the tradition of the bestselling "The Physics of Star Trek" comes a delightful exploration of the computers on the show and how they reveal the popular assumptions and beliefs of the '60s, '80s, and '90s.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
A Note on the Abbreviations xv
Footsteps into the Future
1(14)
A Twenty-Fourth-Century Mainframe
15(38)
Security
53(22)
Navigation and Battle
75(12)
Artificial Intelligence
87(18)
Data
105(22)
The Holodeck
127(18)
Missing Bits
145(20)
Notes 165(3)
Index 168

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