Pattern on the Stone The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work

Name: Pattern on the Stone The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work
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ISBN: 9780465066933

ISBN-10: 0465066933

ISBN-13: 9780465066933

Edition: 2nd (Revised)

Authors: W. Daniel Hillis

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Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don’t realize—and what Daniel Hillis’s short book brilliantly demonstrates—is that computers’ seemingly complex operations can be broken down into a few simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over again. Computer wizard Hillis 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 in The Pattern on the Stone go straight to the heart of what computers really do. Hillis…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 2/10/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English