{"product_id":"fun-and-software-exploring-pleasure-paradox-and-pain-in-computing-paperback","title":"Fun and Software: Exploring Pleasure, Paradox and Pain in Computing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlga Goriunova\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFun and Software\u003c\/i\u003e offers the untold story of fun as constitutive of the culture and aesthetics of computing. Fun in computing is a mode of thinking, making and experiencing. It invokes and convolutes the question of rationalism and logical reason, addresses the sensibilities and experience of computation and attests to its creative drives. By exploring topics as diverse as the pleasure and pain of the programmer, geek wit, affects of play and coding as a bodily pursuit of the unique in recursive structures, \u003ci\u003eFun and Software\u003c\/i\u003e helps construct a different point of entry to the understanding of software as culture. Fun is a form of production that touches on the foundations of formal logic and precise notation as well as rhetoric, exhibiting connections between computing and paradox, politics and aesthetics. From the formation of the discipline of programming as an outgrowth of pure mathematics to its manifestation in contemporary and contradictory forms such as gaming, data analysis and art, fun is a powerful force that continues to shape our life with software as it becomes the key mechanism of contemporary society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Including chapters from leading scholars, programmers and artists, \u003ci\u003eFun and Software\u003c\/i\u003e makes a major contribution to the field of software studies and opens the topic of software to some of the most pressing concerns in contemporary theory.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlga Goriunova\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, The University of Warwick, UK. She is author of \u003ci\u003eArt Platforms and Cultural Production on the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and a co-founder of the \u003ci\u003eComputational Culture\u003c\/i\u003e journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43155345473599,"sku":"9781501318283","price":112.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/C0WYcXxdkr9781501318283.webp?v=1776964106","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/fun-and-software-exploring-pleasure-paradox-and-pain-in-computing-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}