03567nam 2200661Ia 450 991046109360332120210712193750.00-19-191842-31-280-59464-097866136244750-19-163367-4(CKB)2670000000170589(EBL)886510(OCoLC)784886667(SSID)ssj0000655438(PQKBManifestationID)12284260(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655438(PQKBWorkID)10596443(PQKB)10733202(MiAaPQ)EBC886510(StDuBDS)EDZ0002341168(Au-PeEL)EBL886510(CaPaEBR)ebr10546692(CaONFJC)MIL362447(EXLCZ)99267000000017058920110919d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDigitized[electronic resource] the science of computers and how it shapes our world /Peter J. BentleyFirst edition.Oxford Oxford University Press20121 online resource (307 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineThis edition previously issued in print: 2012.0-19-969379-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; 000 Introduction; Computers uncovered; The science of computers; 001 Can You Compute?; Understanding the impossible; Turing's unstoppable machines; Turing' s legacy; Complexity is simple; Does P = NP?; Oracles and other complexities; Theoretical futures; 010 Disposable Computing; Thinking logically; Building brains; Anatomy of a digital brain; The end of the beginning; The Law of Moore; The future is many; Beyond von Neumann; 011 Your Life in Binary Digits; Learning to program computers; Climbing higher; Bases for data; Software crisisVirtual futures100 Monkeys with World-Spanning Voices; Diverse connections; Inter-networking; Addressing for success; Spinning webs over networks; Weaving tangled webs; Webs of deceit; Digital lives; 101 My Computer Made Me Cry; The birth of friendly computing; Seeing with new eyes; Photos and chicken wire; Waking dreams; It's not what you do but the way that you do it; My pet computer; Human-computer integration; 110 Building Bionic Brains; Teaching computers how to play; The birth of intelligence; The seasons of AI; Intelligence from feet to head; Adaptation by natural selectionLearning to learn, predicting the predictorsComplex futures; 111 A Computer Changed My Life; Computer creativity; Computational biology; Computer medicine; Computer detectives; Endnotes; Bibliographic Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; ZPeter J. Bentley tells the story of computer science, explaining how and why computers were invented, how they work, looking at real-world examples of computers in use, and considering what will happen in the future.Oxford scholarship online.Computer scienceComputer sciencePopular worksElectronic books.Computer science.Computer science004.015113Bentley Peter J.1972-974534MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461093603321Digitized2218860UNINA