The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work - Couverture rigide

Hillis, W.Daniel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0297815415 ISBN 13 : 9780297815419

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

Daniel Hillis is one of the world's hottest computer scientists. He was co-founder and chief scientist of the Thinking Machines Corporation and principalarchitect of the company's major product, the Connection Machine. He is an Editor of several scientific journals, including Artificial Life and Future Generation Computer Systems and is currently Vice President and Disney Fellow at Walt Disney Imagineering.Adam Hart-Davis is a freelance photographer, writer and broadcaster. He won awards for the BBC 2 series, Local Heroes and his pu

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0297815415
• ISBN 13: 9780297815419
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible