The pattern on the stone : the simple ideas that make computers work

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The pattern on the stone : the simple ideas that make computers work

W. Daniel Hillis

(Science masters series)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Starting with an account of how computers are built and why they work, Daniel Hillis describes what they acn and cannot do - at the resent time - before explaining how a computer can surpass its programmer, and finally, the quest for a thinking machine.

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  • NCID
    BA5094033X
  • ISBN
    • 0297815415
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 164 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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