John MacCormick

Broschiertes Buch

Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future

The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers

Beschreibung

Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact.

Autor

John MacCormick is associate professor of computer science at Dickinson College and a leading teacher, researcher, and writer in his field. His books include What Can Be Computed? A Practical Guide to the Theory of Computation (Princeton).

Produktdetails

• Princeton Science Library
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 144mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9780691209067
• ISBN-10: 0691209065
• Artikelnr.: 58815109