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ISBN. 978-0816675777. 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.
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...
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
This chapter, looking to expand the canon of media theory and philosophy, investigates the allusions to AI in Summa Technologiae, a unique work at the intersection of philosophy and popular science published in 1964 by Polish intellectual and science fiction writer Stanisław Lem. Lem’s futurology, focusing on the relationship between technology and human cognitive capacities and ...
Feb 27, 2024 · February 27, 2024. Illustration by Mark Pernice. “We are going to speak of the future,” the Polish writer Stanisław Lem wrote, in “ Summa Technologiae ,” from 1964, a series of essays ...
ABSTRACT Stanis³aw Lem’s Summa Technologiae(1964) is the most complete and systematic presentation of the writer’s vision of the future of science and technology, which can prove particularly useful in the interpretation of his fictions. As a text in its own right, however, Summais severely compromised by its complete lack of attention to ...
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Summa Technologiae. „Summa Technologie” is a „mother-essay” from which most of Lem's later essayistic books stem. It was written in times when most of the discussed issues – today sometimes quite obvious ones – belonged to the world of fantasy. The ambition behind this project still amazes, especially if we take into consideration ...
