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The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work (Science Masters)
de Danny Hillis
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0465025951
- ISBN 13
- 9780465025954
- Librería
-
Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Basic Books, October 1998. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine. Spine tail and lower corners bumped, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 164 + xii pages.
This short book brilliantly breaks down computers' seemingly complex operations into a few simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over again. This volume offers an easy-to-follow explanation of how data is processed that makes the operations of a computer seem as straightforward as those of a bicycle. Avoiding technobabble or discussions of advanced hardware, the lucid explanations and colorful anecdotes go straight to the heart of what computers really do. Hillis proceeds from an outline of basic logic to clear descriptions of programming languages, algorithms, and memory. He then takes readers in simple steps up to the most exciting developments in computing today-quantum computing, parallel computing, neural networks, and self-organizing systems.
This short book brilliantly breaks down computers' seemingly complex operations into a few simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over again. This volume offers an easy-to-follow explanation of how data is processed that makes the operations of a computer seem as straightforward as those of a bicycle. Avoiding technobabble or discussions of advanced hardware, the lucid explanations and colorful anecdotes go straight to the heart of what computers really do. Hillis proceeds from an outline of basic logic to clear descriptions of programming languages, algorithms, and memory. He then takes readers in simple steps up to the most exciting developments in computing today-quantum computing, parallel computing, neural networks, and self-organizing systems.
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- Librería
- Books of the World
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- RWARE0000003437
- Título
- The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work (Science Masters)
- Autor
- Danny Hillis
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0465025951
- ISBN 13
- 9780465025954
- Editorial
- Basic Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- October 1998
- Páginas
- 164 pages
- Tamaño
- 8vo
- Palabras clave
- computers, computing, logic, programming, engineering, science
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Science & Technology;
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