Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work - Couverture souple
Livre 13 sur 14: Science Masters
Synopsis
In order to answer the question "can computers think?", this book starts with an account of how computers are built and why they work, describing what they can and cannot do (at the present time), before explaining how a computer can surpass its programmer and, finally, become 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
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