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Book Title: Ad Infinitum The Ghost In Turing's Machine: Taking God Ou...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Brian Rotman
Publication Name: Ad Infinitum... the Ghost in Turing's Machine : Taking God Out of Mathematics and Putting the Body Back in. an Essay in Corporeal Semiotics
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 1993
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
