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 v
... engineering Algorithmics Mr. Turing's amazing machines Moore's law and the silicon revolution Computing gets personal 9 Computer games Licklider's Intergalactic Computer Network Weaving the World Wide Web The dark side of the web ...
... engineering Algorithmics Mr. Turing's amazing machines Moore's law and the silicon revolution Computing gets personal 9 Computer games Licklider's Intergalactic Computer Network Weaving the World Wide Web The dark side of the web ...
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... engineering – building complex systems that do useful things. In computer engineering we also have the additional freedom to explore virtual viii Preface.
... engineering – building complex systems that do useful things. In computer engineering we also have the additional freedom to explore virtual viii Preface.
Pagina ix
A Journey through a Revolution Tony Hey, Gyuri Pápay. engineering we also have the additional freedom to explore ... engineers who helped create this computing universe. It is curious that schoolchildren are taught the names and ...
A Journey through a Revolution Tony Hey, Gyuri Pápay. engineering we also have the additional freedom to explore ... engineers who helped create this computing universe. It is curious that schoolchildren are taught the names and ...
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... engineering are covered in Chapter 4, and computer algorithms in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 is probably the most difficult chapter in the book as it tries to explain the fundamental theoretical insights of Alan Turing and Alonzo Church on ...
... engineering are covered in Chapter 4, and computer algorithms in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 is probably the most difficult chapter in the book as it tries to explain the fundamental theoretical insights of Alan Turing and Alonzo Church on ...
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... engineering, since it concerns the study of man-made systems and ultimately is about getting computers to do useful things. Three early computing pioneers, Allen Newell, Alan Perlis, and Herbert Simon, were happy to use science to ...
... engineering, since it concerns the study of man-made systems and ultimately is about getting computers to do useful things. Three early computing pioneers, Allen Newell, Alan Perlis, and Herbert Simon, were happy to use science to ...
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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