1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996465969203316

Titolo

Optical Supercomputing [[electronic resource] ] : Third International Workshop, OSC 2010, Bertinoro, Italy, November 17-19, 2010, Revised Selected Papers / / edited by Shlomi Dolev, Mihai Oltean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011

ISBN

3-642-22494-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 131 p.)

Collana

Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, , 2512-2029 ; ; 6748

Disciplina

006

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence

Spintronics

Quantum physics

Quantum optics

Lasers

Computer science

Artificial Intelligence

Quantum Physics

Quantum Optics

Laser

Theory of Computation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Optical SuperComputing, OSC 2010, held in Bertinoro, Italy, in November 2010. The 13 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book. Being an annual forum for research presentations on all facets of optical computing for solving hard computation tasks, OCS addresses the following topics of interest: designs or demonstrations of optical computing devices, algorithmics and complexity issues of optical computing, computation



representation by photons and holograms, neural and brain inspired architectures, electro-optic devices for interacting with optical computing devices, practical implementations, analysis of existing devices and case studies, optical photonics and laser switching technologies, optical and photonic memories, optical signal processing subsystems, optical networks for high-performance computing, optical interconnections, quantum optical systems, applications and algorithms for optical devices, Alpha particles, X-rays, and nano-technologies for optical computing.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965239203321

Autore

Heath John <1955->

Titolo

The talking Greeks : speech, animals, and the other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato / / John Heath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-107-13930-9

0-521-11778-X

0-511-18132-9

0-511-11113-4

1-280-41558-4

0-511-19795-0

0-511-48301-5

0-511-29906-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 392 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

880.9/353

Soggetti

Greek literature - History and criticism

Speech in literature

Human-animal relationships in literature

Difference (Psychology) in literature

Language and languages in literature

Gods, Greek, in literature

Human beings in literature

Animals in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-386) and index.

Nota di contenuto

I: Speech, animals, and human status in Homer -- Bellowing like a bull: humans and other animals in Homer -- Controlling language: Telemachus learns to speak -- Talking through the heroic code: Achilles learning to tell tales -- II: Listening for the other in classical Greece -- Making a difference: the silence of otherness -- III: Speech, animals, and human status in classical Athens -- Disentangling the beast: humans and other animals in the Oresteia -- Socratic silence: the shame of the Athenians.

Sommario/riassunto

When considering the question of what makes us human, the ancient Greeks provided numerous suggestions. This book argues that the defining criterion in the Hellenic world, however, was the most obvious one: speech. It explores how it was the capacity for authoritative speech which was held to separate humans from other animals, gods from humans, men from women, Greeks from non-Greeks, citizens from slaves, and the mundane from the heroic. John Heath illustrates how Homer's epics trace the development of immature young men into adults managing speech in entirely human ways and how in Aeschylus' Oresteia only human speech can disentangle man, beast, and god. Plato's Dialogues are shown to reveal the consequences of Socratically imposed silence. With its examination of the Greek focus on speech, animalization, and status, this book offers new readings of key texts and provides significant insights into the Greek approach to understanding our world.