Computers in Science and Mathematics - Rilegato

Plotkin, Robert

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ISBN 10: 0816077576 ISBN 13: 9780816077571

Casa editrice: Facts on File, 2011

Riassunto

Computers in Science and Mathematics examines the contributions that have been made to computer technology as well as the many ways in which scientists and mathematicians use computers in their daily work. Workers in these fields continue to play a very pivotal role in the development of computer hardware and software, in the theory underlying the design of computer systems, and in the use of computers to advance science and mathematics. This new full-color resource provides a history of computers as scientific and mathematical tools, followed by many examples of how computers are being used today to solve an increasingly wide range of scientific and mathematical problems.

Chapters include:

• Before Computers: Mechanizing Arithmetic, Counting, and Sorting
• Early Computers: Automating Computation
• Cryptography: Sending Secret Messages
• Mathematical Proofs: Computers Find Truth
• Simulation: Creating Worlds Inside a Computer
• Weather: Mapping the Past, Predicting the Future
• Computer-Inspired Biology: Making Computers from Living Things
• Biology-Inspired Computing: Learning from Nature.

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Computers, Internet, and Society is a timely series that investigates the impact that computers and technology have on society and the directions that this will go as technology continues to advance at a significant rate. Titles in the series explain the history of the relevant computer technology, what such technology can do today, and how it works, along with how computers interact with human behavior in a particular social context. This series also encourages readers to develop socially responsible attitudes and behaviors in their roles as computer users and future developers of computer technology.

This new series is perfect for technology students or general readers wanting to learn more about the internet.

· This title features full-color photographs and line illustrations.

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• Editore: Facts on File
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0816077576
• ISBN 13: 9780816077571
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 168