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Out of their Minds

The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists

Paperback Engels 1998 1e druk 9780387982694
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Imagine living during the Renaissance and being able to interview that era's greatest scientists about their inspirations, discoveries, and personal interests. The latter half of our century has seen its own Renaissance--informations technology has changed irrevocable the way we live, work, and think about the world. We are fortunate, therefore, that the authors of Out of Their Minds have been able to talk so candidly with the founders of computer science....

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ISBN13:9780387982694
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:291
Uitgever:Springer New York
Druk:1

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1: Linguists: how to Talk to Machines.- • A Restless Inventor.- • The Uncommon Logician of Common Sense.- • A Clear Romantic Vision.- 2: Algorithmists: How to Solve Problems Fast.- • Appalling Prose and the Shortest Path.- • The Possibilities of Chance.- • Boundless Interests, A Common Thread.- • In Search of Good Structure.- • Of Time, Space, and Computation.- • A Good Solution is Hard to Find.- 3: Architects: How to Build Better Machines.- • A Delight in Making Things Work.- • Racing with the Speed of Light.- • The Biological Connection.- 4: Sculptors of Machine Intelligence: How to Make Machines Smart.- #x2022; The Power of Knowledge.- • A Twenty-Year Bet.- Epilogue: Secrets Of Success?.- Postscript: The Next 25 Years.- References.- Acknowledgments.

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