Digitized [[electronic resource] ] : the science of computers and how it shapes our world / / Peter J. Bentley
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| Autore: |
Bentley Peter J. <1972->
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| Titolo: |
Digitized [[electronic resource] ] : the science of computers and how it shapes our world / / Peter J. Bentley
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| 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 |
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