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If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future

byJill Lepore

In If Then, Jill Lepore presents a historical account centered on how the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the connected fields of business & economics and computers. Rather than isolating its subject, the book shows how private experience and public systems continually influenced one another. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant. The emphasis stays on explanation, context, and the lived consequences behind the larger argument.

Publisher

Liveright

Publication date

Sep 15, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

432

ISBN

9781631496103