The Computing Universe: A Journey through a RevolutionCambridge University Press, 8 dec 2014 Computers now impact almost every aspect of our lives, from our social interactions to the safety and performance of our cars. How did this happen in such a short time? And this is just the beginning. In this book, Tony Hey and Gyuri Pápay lead us on a journey from the early days of computers in the 1930s to the cutting-edge research of the present day that will shape computing in the coming decades. Along the way, they explain the ideas behind hardware, software, algorithms, Moore's Law, the birth of the personal computer, the Internet and the Web, the Turing Test, Jeopardy's Watson, World of Warcraft, spyware, Google, Facebook and quantum computing. This book also introduces the fascinating cast of dreamers and inventors who brought these great technological developments into every corner of the modern world. This exciting and accessible introduction will open up the universe of computing to anyone who has ever wondered where his or her smartphone came from. |
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Pagina vii
... Plenty of Room at the Bottom” in 1959 first introduced the ideas of nanotechnology – the behavior of devices at length scales approaching atomic dimensions. By the early 1980s, Feynman had become interested in computing, vii Preface.
... Plenty of Room at the Bottom” in 1959 first introduced the ideas of nanotechnology – the behavior of devices at length scales approaching atomic dimensions. By the early 1980s, Feynman had become interested in computing, vii Preface.
Pagina viii
A Journey through a Revolution Tony Hey, Gyuri Pápay. By the early 1980s, Feynman had become interested in computing, and for the last five years of his life, he gave a lecture course on computing. In the first two years, he collaborated ...
A Journey through a Revolution Tony Hey, Gyuri Pápay. By the early 1980s, Feynman had become interested in computing, and for the last five years of his life, he gave a lecture course on computing. In the first two years, he collaborated ...
Pagina x
... early theoretical ideas of Alan Turing and John von Neumann as well as the achievements of the first computer engineers such as Presper Ekert and John Mauchly in the United States and Maurice Wilkes and Konrad Zuse in Europe. The story ...
... early theoretical ideas of Alan Turing and John von Neumann as well as the achievements of the first computer engineers such as Presper Ekert and John Mauchly in the United States and Maurice Wilkes and Konrad Zuse in Europe. The story ...
Pagina 1
... early days of computers in the mid-1900s, to the Internet and the Web as we know it today, and where we will likely be in the future. The academic field of study that encompasses these topics draws from multiple disciplines such as ...
... early days of computers in the mid-1900s, to the Internet and the Web as we know it today, and where we will likely be in the future. The academic field of study that encompasses these topics draws from multiple disciplines such as ...
Pagina 4
... early in his childhood. At university, his teacher George Polya at the ETH in Zurich said of him: He is the only student of mine I was ever intimidated by. He was so quick. There was a seminar for advanced students in Zurich that I was ...
... early in his childhood. At university, his teacher George Polya at the ETH in Zurich said of him: He is the only student of mine I was ever intimidated by. He was so quick. There was a seminar for advanced students in Zurich that I was ...
Inhoudsopgave
The hardware | 34 |
Computer games | 174 |
The end of Moores law | 298 |
The third age of computing | 318 |
Computers and science fiction an essay | 333 |
xiii | 367 |
39 | 375 |
58 | 389 |
220 | 395 |
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