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 viii
... mathematical basis for reasoning about the behavior of computers. But computer science is about more than mathematics; it is also about engineering – building complex systems that do useful things. In computer engineering we also have ...
... mathematical basis for reasoning about the behavior of computers. But computer science is about more than mathematics; it is also about engineering – building complex systems that do useful things. In computer engineering we also have ...
Pagina 1
... mathematics. Rather, computer science is about getting something to do something.... Richard Feynman1 What is computer science? It is commonplace to say that we are in the midst of a computing revolution. Computers are impacting almost ...
... mathematics. Rather, computer science is about getting something to do something.... Richard Feynman1 What is computer science? It is commonplace to say that we are in the midst of a computing revolution. Computers are impacting almost ...
Pagina 3
... mathematics.2 Soon after that meeting, Goldstine went with von Neumann to the Moore School so that von Neumann could see the ENIAC (Fig. 1.4) and talk with Eckert and Mauchly. Goldstine remembers Eckert's reaction to the impending visit ...
... mathematics.2 Soon after that meeting, Goldstine went with von Neumann to the Moore School so that von Neumann could see the ENIAC (Fig. 1.4) and talk with Eckert and Mauchly. Goldstine remembers Eckert's reaction to the impending visit ...
Pagina 4
... mathematics from Budapest ELTE and a diploma in chemical engineering from Zurich ETH, he won a scholarship in Gottingen and worked with David Hilbert on his ambitious program on the “axiomatization” of mathematics. In 1933, von Neumann ...
... mathematics from Budapest ELTE and a diploma in chemical engineering from Zurich ETH, he won a scholarship in Gottingen and worked with David Hilbert on his ambitious program on the “axiomatization” of mathematics. In 1933, von Neumann ...
Pagina 7
... Back in England, he went to visit Maurice Wilkes (see Timeline) in Cambridge. Wilkes was a mathematical physicist who had returned from war service and was trying to Fig. 1.11 The Pilot ACE was a computer with a. 7 Beginnings of a ...
... Back in England, he went to visit Maurice Wilkes (see Timeline) in Cambridge. Wilkes was a mathematical physicist who had returned from war service and was trying to Fig. 1.11 The Pilot ACE was a computer with a. 7 Beginnings of a ...
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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