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- Original view on the history of machines
- Written in an accessible style
- Contains a considerable number of illustrations
Part of the book series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS, volume 36)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
In the concluding chapters of this book the author introduces GIM, the Global Intelligent Machine. GIM is a huge global hybrid machine, a combination of production machinery, information machinery and mechanized networks. In the future it may very well encompass all machinery on the globe.
The author discusses the development of machines from the Stone Age until the present and pays particular attention to the rise of the science of machines and the development of the relationship between science and technology.
The first production and information tools were invented in the Stone Age. In the Agricultural empires tools and machinery became more complex. During and after the Industrial Revolution the pace of innovation accelerated. In the 20th century the mechanization of production, information processing and networks became increasingly sophisticated. GIM is the culmination of this development.
GIM is no science fiction. GIM exists and is growing and getting smarter and smarter. Individuals and institutions are trying to control parts of this giant global robot. By looking at its history and by putting GIM in the context of the current developments, this book seeks to reach a fuller understanding of this phenomenon.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Teun Koetsier
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Ascent of GIM, the Global Intelligent Machine
Book Subtitle: A History of Production and Information Machines
Authors: Teun Koetsier
Series Title: History of Mechanism and Machine Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96547-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96546-8Published: 01 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96547-5Published: 20 November 2018
Series ISSN: 1875-3442
Series E-ISSN: 1875-3426
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 364
Number of Illustrations: 158 b/w illustrations, 80 illustrations in colour
Topics: Machinery and Machine Elements, Artificial Intelligence, History of Technology