Digitized : The science of computers and how it shapes our world
Bentley, Peter J.2012
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Charting the successes and failures of computer science through the years, Bentley discusses what innovations may change our world in the future.
Main title:
Digitized : The science of computers and how it shapes our world / by Peter J. Bentley
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Imprint:
Oxford Oxford University Press 2012
Collation:
292 p. illustrations
Contents:
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 futures -- 100. 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 predictors -- Complex futures -- 111. A Computer Changed My Life -- Computer creativity -- Computational biology -- Computer medicine -- Computer detectives
ISBN:
9780199693795 (hbk)
Dewey class:
004.16 DIG
Local class:
004.16
Language:
English
BRN:
119665
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 004.16 DIG | Available |