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The first English translation of a nonfiction work by Stanislaw Lem, which was conceived under the spell of cybernetics in 1957 and updated in 1971.
In 1957, Stanislaw Lem published Dialogues, a book conceived under the spell of cybernetics, as he wrote in the preface to the second edition. Mimicking the form of Berkeley's Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, Lem's original dialogue was an attempt to unravel the then-novel field of cybernetics. It was a testimony, Lem wrote later, to the almost limitless cognitive optimism he felt upon his discovery of cybernetics. This is the first English translation of Lem's Dialogues, including the text of the first edition and the later essays added to the second edition in 1971. For the second edition, Lem chose not to revise the original. Recognizing the naivete of his hopes for cybernetics, he constructed aThe first English translation of a nonfiction work by Stanislaw Lem, which was conceived under the spell of cybernetics in 1957 and updated in 1971. In 1957, Stanislaw Lem published Dialogues, a book conceived under the spell of cybernetics, as he wrote in the preface to the second edition
An early realist novel by Stanislaw Lem, taking place in a Polish psychiatric hospital during World War II.Taking place within the confines of a psychiatric hospital, Stanislaw Lem's The Hospital of the Transfiguration tells the story of a young doctor working in a Polish asylum during World War
Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future brings a welter of unknown elements of Lem's life, career, and literary legacy to light. Part One traces the context of his cultural influence, telling the story of one of the greatest writers and thinkers of the century. It includes a comprehensive critical
Ve vesmírném pilotu Pirxovi stvořil světoznámý autor science fiction Stanisław Lem jednu ze svých nejzajímavějších postav: snílka toužícího po kosmických objevech, který si díky svému nekonvenčnímu myšlení dokáže poradit v konfrontacích se stroji i lidmi. V devíti
These fourteen science fiction stories reveal Lem s fascination with artificial intelligence and demonstrate just how surprisingly human sentient machines can be. Astonishing is not too strong a word for these tales (Wall Street Journal). Translated and with an Introduction by Michael
eBook: „I po padesáti šesti letech, které uplynuly od doby, kdy Stanisław Lem napsal první povídku s Pirxem, je pro nás jeho hrdina vzorem, jak se chovat k automatům a robotům, jež právě začínají pronikat do našich životů. Pirxovy příběhy tak paradoxně teprve po půl
These wickedly authentic introductions to twenty-first-century books preface tomes on teaching English to bacteria, using animated X-rays to create 'pornograms,' and analyzing computer-generated literature through the science of 'bitistics.' 'Lem, a science fiction Bach, plays in this book a
'A fantastic book.' --Steven Soderbergh When psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds himself confronting a painful memory embodied in the physical likeness of a past lover. Kelvin learns that he is not alone in this and that other
A space cruiser, in search of its sister ship, encounters beings descended from self-replicating machines.In the grand tradition of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, Stanislaw Lem's The Invincible tells the story of a space cruiser sent to an obscure planet to determine the fate of a sister spaceship
A young officer at Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a puzzling and eerie case of missing-and apparently resurrected-bodies. To unravel the mystery, Lt. Gregory consults scientific, philosophical, and theological experts, who supply him with a host of theories and
A former astronaut turned private detective is dispatched to Naples to discover the pattern in a mysterious series of deaths and disappearances occurring at a seaside spa. A Helen and Kurt Wolff
The planet Quinta is pocked by ugly mounds and covered by a spiderweb-like network. It is a kingdom of phantoms and of a beauty afflicted by madness. In stark contrast, the crew of the spaceship Hermes represents a knowledge-seeking Earth. As they approach Quinta, a dark poetry takes over and leads
Scientists attempt to decode what may be a message from intelligent beings in outer space.By pure chance, scientists detect a signal from space that may be communication from rational beings. How can people of Earth understand this message, knowing nothing about the senders--even whether or not
Written over a period of twenty years, this book features adventures of space traveller Ijon
A six-man crew crash-lands on Eden, fourth planet from another sun. The men find a strange world that grows ever stranger: a desert plain exuding acrid vapors, a greenish tinge at the horizon, a gray seven-foot tree that hisses and withdraws into the ground when touched, and thickets of vegetation
When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to confront a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others suffer from the same affliction and speculation rises among scientists that the
The Wedding is a Polish classic, continually in production in Poland since Stanislaw Wyspianski wrote it nearly a hundred years ago. A witty but ultimately tragic satire about Polish society, this remarkable play is set around the celebrations of a wedding between a poet from the city of Krakov and
Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless planet, Earth, Lem sends his unlucky cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to the Eighth Futurological Congress. Caught up in local revolution, Tichy is shot and so critically wounded that he is flashfrozen to await a
Audiokniha: Remasterovaná nahrávka dramatizace slavného vědecko-fantastického románu. Poprvé na CD a v digitálním formátu. Dobrodružný příběh mezinárodní vesmírné výpravy na Venuši. Skupina vědců je vyslána ze Země, aby se pokusila navázat kontakt s obyvateli planety. Po