Computers from Diatrope Books

Simon and Schuster, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 6x1x9. Unmarked text. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. Black-and-white illustrations. 542p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches. Begins with Ada Lovelace, Lord Byrons daughter, who pioneered computer programming in the 1840s. He goes on to explore Vannevar Bush, Alan Turing, John von Neumann, J.C.R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Robert Noyce,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Knopf, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket under clear archival mylar cover. Remainder dot on bottom. Black-and-white images. 389p. Measures 6.75x9.5 inches. A sweeping, in-depth history of NSA, Stephen Budiansky, an expert in cryptology--tells the fascinating story of how NSA came to be, from its roots in World War II through the fall of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Warner Books, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Compiled and with an introduction by Sandy Fritz. Foreword by Rodney Brooks. Contributors include Kenneth M. Ford and Patrick J. Hayes, Gary Stix, Douglas B. Lenat, Bart Kosko, Geoffrey E. Hinton, Mark A. Reed and Majes M. Tour, Craig A. Rogers, Ray Kurzweil, Hans Moravec, Marvin L. Minsky, and John… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York and London: Plenum Press, 1974. Hardcover. Good. Unmarked text. No DJ. Some bumps on the board. A window into Information systems in the mid-twentieth century with an emphasis on data organization and access methods, software for on-line minicomputer applications, advances in micropro­graming, and grammars and recognizers for formal and natural languages. Contributors are P. C. Patton,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Penguin Press, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 6x1x9. Unmarked text. Small remainder dot on bottom. Unclipped dust jacket under clear archival mylar cover. Sherry Turkle (b. 1948), who has published a number of book on the psychology of human relationships with technology, tells the story of the woman behind her research. 357p. Measures 6.25x9.25 inches.

Norton, 2017. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket. A penetrating analysis of a new world and a toolkit for thriving in it. Notes. Index. 402p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches.

New York Academy of Science, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Illustrated. Measures 6x9 inches. 288p. Index. Proceedings for a late 20th century discussion on the scientific, intellectual, and social impact of the computer. Contributors include Daniel Dennett, Gerald Edelman, Marvin Minsky, John Searle, Edward Feigenbaum, Joseph F. Traub, and others.

IEEE Computer Society, 1997. Paperback. Good. Ex-library. Unmarked. Illustrated. Text on computer communications and networking. Proceedings of the 4th Brazilian Symposium on Neural Networks held in 1997. Authors include F. Almeida, J. Neves, P. Cortez, M. Costa, H. Neto, and others. 74p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

Psychology Press, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on front end page. 268p. Index. References. Glossary. Illustrated. Explains the underlying causes of the cognitive, social and organizational problems typically encountered when computer systems are introduced. Provides an overview of the diverse research areas in the field.

National Academies Press, 2010. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. 48p. Summarizes a National Research Council (NRC) workshop to identify some of the major challenges that hinder large-scale data integration in the sciences and some of the technologies that could lead to solutions. The workshop was held August 19-20, 2009, in Washington, D.C.

New York: Basic Books, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Slight edge wear on unclipped dust jacket. 277p. Index. Bibliography. Notes. Citing the computer age as the birth of a new form of intelligence, an introduction to the "intermind" process predicts how computers will reshape how we think and what we think about.

National Academy Press, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. 72p. A look at information technology early in the 21st century. Topics include partnerships, the government, research, societal needs, funding, and more.

Adobe Systems, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Excellent introduction to the processes and issues involved in preparing color publications at the end of the 20th century, when desktop publishing was beginning. Topics include preparing for commercial printers, guidelines for constructing a publication, and more. Index. Extensively illustrated. 79p.

Lynda Online Training, 2000. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. A few nicks on cover. Accompanied the March 27-29, 2000 Flash Workshop in San Francisco. 200p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

Amsterdam: Springer-Verlag, 1978. Hardcover. Acceptable. Ex-library. No Dust Jacket. Some notes in book. Proceedings of the 21 - 25 August, 1978 conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Keynote paper by B.D. Josephson, "A Theoretical Analysis of Higher States of Consciousness and Meditation." Topics include Computer Privacy, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Neuro and Bio-Cybernetics and more. Index.

Elsevier Science Ltd, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library. 482p. Index. Topics include the birth of computers, the birth of programming languages, artificial intelligence, university research and the military, understanding natural language and more.

National Academy Press, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Discusses the evolution of Information Technology, including the evolution of future research in the area. Recommends an expansion in the scope of future research and makes suggestions about bringing together a more diverse group of researchers. 248p. Faint "B5" on top corner of front cover.

National Academies Press, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. 40p. This report reviews past NRC studies that have examined various dimensions of computer and network security and vulnerability and brings the results forward into the context of the 20th century environment of security and vulnerability. The review includes a good overview of 20th century research in this area.… Saber más sobre este artículo

IEEE, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Tables, charts, illustrations. Topics include synaptic plasticity, digital implementation, random neural network routing engin, and more. Authors include Newcomb, Sanchez-Sinecio, El-Leithy, Linares-Barranco and others. pp973-1434.

IEEE, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Tables, charts, illustrations. Topics include back propagation of pseudoerrors, lattice algebra, hybrid and knowledge based networks, and more. Authors include Ding and He, Huang, Ritter and Urcid, and others. pp253-466.