Books by David Hillel Gelernter and Complete Book Reviews
David Hillel Gelernter, Author Avon Books $13.5 (418p) ISBN 978-0-380-72748-3
Using the perspective of fictional characters, Gelernter presents an affectionate account of the 1939 World's Fair in New York City. (May)
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David Hillel Gelernter, Author Simon & Schuster $22.95 (211p) ISBN 978-0-02-911602-9
Emotions, metaphors and analogies lie at the heart of human thought, asserts Yale computer scientist Gerlernter, a founder of parallel processing, in a brilliant and wholly accessible book about the theoretical underpinnings of artificial...
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David Hillel Gelernter, Author Free Press $20.5 (160p) ISBN 978-0-684-83912-7
In June 1993, Yale computer scientist Gelernter (Mirror Worlds) was--in his own words--""blown up"" by a letter from the Unabomber. In turn, his hitherto quiet life was then blown up by the media. With poetic justice, in this tart report Gelernter...
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David Hillel Gelernter, Author, Gelernter, Author Free Press $23 (418p) ISBN 978-0-02-874002-7
The 1939-40 New York World's Fair was built on a garbage dump in Flushing, Queens. Through the eyes of fictitious characters, we see the exhibits: AT&T, Ford, General Motors, DuPont, Futurama and Democracity. We review the fair's many firsts: the...
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David Hillel Gelernter, Author, Gelernter, Author Basic Books $21 (176p) ISBN 978-0-465-04516-7
Although based on a solid thesis--that great design is the marriage of simplicity and power--Gelernter's chronicle of beauty's role in the ""rise of the desktop"" often amounts to little more than a rehash of the rise of the Macintosh through the...
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