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BL
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624699
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Bentley, P. J
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| Title & Author
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Digitized : : the science of computers and how it shapes our world /\ Peter J. Bentley
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| Edition Statement
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First edition
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xiv, 292 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780199693795 (acid-free paper)
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: 019969379X (acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index
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| Contents
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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: Disposbale 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
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| Abstract
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Peter J. Bentley tells the story of computer science, explaining how and why computers were invented, how they work, looking at real-world examples of computers in use, and considering what will happen in the future
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Computer science
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Computer science, Popular works
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Computer science-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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004
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QA76.B3753 2012
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| Parallel Title
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Science of computers and how it shapes our world
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