The Computing Universe: A Journey through a Revolution

Hey, Tony; Papay, Gyuri

ISBN 10: 0521766451 / ISBN 13: 9780521766456

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Titolo: The Computing Universe: A Journey through a ...

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2014

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Like New

Edizione: First Edition.

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Riassunto:

This exciting and accessible book takes us on a journey from the early days of computers to the cutting-edge research of the present day.

Informazioni sugli autori:

Tony Hey is Vice President of Microsoft Research and has published over 150 research papers on particle physics, computer science and multi-disciplinary eScience. He is the co-author, with Ian Aitchison, of the graduate textbook Gauge Theories in Particle Physics (4th edition) and co-editor of Richard Feynman's Lectures on Computation. He is also co-author of popular science books on quantum mechanics and relativity, The New Quantum Universe and Einstein's Mirror. Most recently, he co-edited The Fourth Paradigm, a book about eScience and the new era of data-intensive science.

Gyuri Pįpay is a senior research fellow at the IT Innovations Centre at Southampton University, UK. His main research interests are high-performance computing, event simulation and numerical algorithms.