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  1. Summa Technologiae (the Latin -language title translates as " Summa ( Compendium) of Technology ") is a 1964 book by Polish author Stanisław Lem. Summa is one of the first collections of philosophical essays by Lem. The book exhibits depth of insight and irony usual for Lem's creations. [citation needed]

  2. May 15, 2013 · Technology. A brilliant trip back to the technological future. Stanislaw Lem's forgotten masterwork Summa Technologiae, now in English half a century after publication, is a heady mix of...

  3. Apr 9, 2024 · Key Takeaways. Multiple AI companies christened their products after Lem’s 1961 sci-fi classic, Solaris . In Lem’s Summa Technologiae we find hypotheses on the nature of...

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  4. Lem’s Summa Technologiae is undoubtedly the place to go. Lem (1921–2006) is best known to English-speaking readers as the author of the novel Solaris (1961), the film versions of which were directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (Grand Prix at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival) and Steven Soderbergh (2002). However, science fiction

  5. Feb 27, 2024 · “We are going to speak of the future,” the Polish writer Stanisław Lem wrote, in “ Summa Technologiae ,” from 1964, a series of essays, mostly on humanity and the evolution of technology. “Yet...

  6. At the same time the book rivals world futurology - in the domain of foreseeing future ways of science and technology. Current generation, interested in biotechnology and informatics, shall find in Lem's “Summa” the project and prophecy of todays' successes of these disciplines.

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  8. This is very much evident in Summa Technologiae. Although the volume is emphatically about technologies of the future, which results in the creation of numerous neologisms such as intelectronics, phantomology and phantomatics, cerebromatics, and imitology, it is also written in a careful,

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