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The Pattern On The Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work (Science Masters Series) - Hardcover

Buch 13 von 14: Science Masters

Hillis, Danny

 
9780465025954: The Pattern On The Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work (Science Masters Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0465025951 ISBN 13: 9780465025954
Verlag: Basic Books, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realize—and what Daniel Hillis's short book brilliantly demonstrates—is that computers' seemingly complex operations can be broken down into a few simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over again. Computer wizard Hillis offers an easy-to-follow explanation of how data is processed that makes the operations of a computer seem as straightforward as those of a bicycle.Avoiding technobabble or discussions of advanced hardware, the lucid explanations and colorful anecdotes in The Pattern on the Stone go straight to the heart of what computers really do. Hillis proceeds from an outline of basic logic to clear descriptions of programming languages, algorithms, and memory. He then takes readers in simple steps up to the most exciting developments in computing today—quantum computing, parallel computing, neural networks, and self-organizing systems.Written clearly and succinctly by one of the world's leading computer scientists, The Pattern on the Stone is an indispensable guide to understanding the workings of that most ubiquitous and important of machines: the computer.

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Verlag
Basic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0465025951
ISBN 13 
9780465025954
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
176
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