Poems That Solve Puzzles: The History and Science of Algorithms - Couverture rigide

Bleakley, Chris

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198853734 ISBN 13 : 9780198853732

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Algorithms are the hidden methods that computers apply to process information and make decisions. Nowadays, our lives are run by algorithms. They determine what news we see. They influence which products we buy. They suggest our dating partners. They may even be determining the outcome of national elections. They are creating, and destroying, entire industries. Despite mounting concerns, few know what algorithms are, how they work, or who created them.

Poems that Solve Puzzles tells the story of algorithms from their ancient origins to the present day and beyond. The book introduces readers to the inventors and inspirational events behind the genesis of the world's most important algorithms. Professor Chris Bleakley recounts tales of ancient lost inscriptions, Victorian steam-driven contraptions, top secret military projects, penniless academics, hippy dreamers, tech billionaires, superhuman artificial intelligences, cryptocurrencies, and quantum computing. Along the way, the book explains, with the aid of clear examples and illustrations, how the most influential algorithms work.

Compelling and impactful, Poems that Solve Puzzles tells the story of how algorithms came to revolutionise our world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Chris Bleakley has thirty-five years of experience in algorithm design. He has taught and written on the subject for the last sixteen of those years.

As a school kid, Chris taught himself how to program on a cheap home computer. Within two years, he was selling his own computer programs by mail-order to customers throughout the UK.

Chris graduated with a BSc (Hons) degree in Computer Science from Queen's University, Belfast, and a PhD degree in Electronic Engineering from Dublin City University. After college, he was employed as a software consultant by Accenture and, later, as a senior telecommunications researcher at Broadcom Eireann Research.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198853734
• ISBN 13: 9780198853732
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 284
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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