Talking with Computers Explorations in the Science and Technology of Computing

Name: Talking with Computers Explorations in the Science and Technology of Computing
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ISBN: 9780521834254

ISBN-10: 0521834252

ISBN-13: 9780521834254

Edition: 2004

Authors: Thomas L. Dean

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Thomas Dean explores a wide range of fundamental topics in computer science, from digital logic and machine language to artificial intelligence and the World Wide Web, explaining how computers and computer programs work and how the various subfields of computer science are interconnected. Dean touches on a number of questions including: How can a computer learn to recognize junk email? What happens when you click on a link in a browser? How can you program a robot to do two things at once? Are there limits to what computers can do? Dean encourages readers to experiment with short programs and fragments of code written in several languages to strip away the mystery and reveal the underlying…

Book details

List price: $165.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/15/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 316
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English




Talking with computers



The shell game



Keeping track of your stuff



Don't sweat the syntax



Computational muddles



Getting oriented



Thanks for sharing



You've got (junk) mail



Modern architecture



Do robots sleep



Under the hood



Analyze this



Forest for the trees



Searching the wild web



Darwin's dangerous algorithm



Ain't nobody here but us machines