Digitized [[electronic resource] ] : the science of computers and how it shapes our world / / Peter J. Bentley

• Autore: Bentley Peter J. <1972->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Disciplina: 004.015113
• Soggetto topico: Computer science
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: This edition previously issued in print: 2012.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 crisis ; Virtual 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 selection ; Learning 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; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Peter 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Digitized
• ISBN: 0-19-191842-3; 1-280-59464-0; 9786613624475; 0-19-163367-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461093603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.