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Hillis, W.Daniel

 
9780753812624: The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work
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ISBN 10: 0753812622 ISBN 13: 9780753812624
Casa editrice: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2001

Sinossi

The world was shocked when a computer, Deep Blue defeated Gary Kasparov, arguably the greatest human chess player ever to have lived. This remarkable victory, and other, more day-to-day innovations, beg serious questions: what are the limits of what computers can do? Can they think? Do they learn? Discussions of these questions tend to get muddled because most people have only the vaguest idea of how computers actually work. This book explains the inner workings of computers in a way that does not require a profound knowledge of mathematics nor an understanding of electrical engineering. Starting with an account of how computers are built and why they work, W. Daniel Hillis describes what they can and cannot do -- at the present time - before explaining how a computer can surpass its programmer and, finally, where humanity has reached in its quest for a true Thinking Machine.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Daniel Hillis is one of the world's hottest computer scientists. He was co-founder and chief scientist of the Thinking Machines Corporation and principal architect 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 publications include Eurekaaarh!

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Editore
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Data di pubblicazione
2001
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0753812622
ISBN 13 
9780753812624
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
176
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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ISBN 10:  046502596X ISBN 13:  9780465025961
Casa editrice: Basic Books, 1999
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