Great Ideas in Computer Science: A Gentle Introduction - Hardcover

Biermann, Alan W.

 
9780262023023: Great Ideas in Computer Science: A Gentle Introduction

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Synopsis

Readers of this book will learn to write a variety of programs in Pascal, design switching circuits, study a variety of Von Neumann and parallel architectures, hand simulate a computer, examine the mechanisms of an operating system, classify various computations as tractable or intractable, comprehend noncomputability, and explore important issues in artificial intelligence.

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About the Author

Alan W. Biermann is Professor of Computer Science at Duke University. He is also the author of the first two editions of Great Ideas in Computer Science (MIT Press, 1990, 1997).

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