{"product_id":"on-computing-the-fourth-great-scientific-domain-9780262018326","title":"On Computing: The Fourth Great Scientific Domain","description":"\u003cp\u003eComputing is not simply about hardware or software  or calculation or applications. Computing  writes Paul Rosenbloom  is an exciting and diverse  yet remarkably coherent  scientific enterprise that is highly multidisciplinary yet maintains a unique core of its own. In On Computing  Rosenbloom proposes that computing is a great scientific domain on a par with the physical  life  and social sciences. Rosenbloom introduces a relational approach for understanding computing  conceptualizing it in terms of forms of interaction and implementation  to reveal the hidden structures and connections among its disciplines. He argues for the continuing vitality of computing  surveying the leading edge in computings combination with other domains  from biocomputing and brain-computer interfaces to crowdsourcing and virtual humans to robots and the intermingling of the real and the virtual. He explores forms of higher order coherence  or macrostructures  over complex computing topics and organizations. Finally  he examines the very notion of a great scientific domain in philosophical terms  honing his argument that computing should be considered the fourth great scientific domain. With On Computing  Rosenbloom  a key architect of the founding of University of Southern Californias Institute for Creative Technologies and former Deputy Director of USCs Information Sciences Institute  offers a broader perspective on what computing is and what it can become.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67932176908341,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262018322","price":90.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262018326.jpg?v=1794220243","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/on-computing-the-fourth-great-scientific-domain-9780262018326","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}