Overcomplicated: Technology at the Limits of Comprehension

by Samuel Arbesman

Book Overview

Why did the New York Stock Exchange suspend trading without warning on July 8, 2015? Why did certain Toyota vehicles accelerate uncontrollably against the will of their drivers? Why does the programming inside our airplanes occasionally surprise it creators? After a thorough analysis by the top experts, the answers still elude us. Your don't understand the software running your car or your iPhone. But here's a secret- neither do the geniuses at Applie...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591847761
• ISBN13: 9781591847762
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Current
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"