The New Turing Omnibus: 66 Excursions in Computer Science

Dewdney, A. K.; A.K. Dewdney (Author)

ISBN 10: 0716782715 / ISBN 13: 9780716782711

Published by Computer Science Press/ An Imprint W.H. Freeman and Co., New York and Oxford, England, UK, 1993

About this Item

455 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Stains on back cover.

Seller Inventory # 4iiiFg0011

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Turing Omnibus: 66 Excursions in Computer Science
• Publisher: Computer Science Press/ An Imprint W.H. Freeman and Co., New York and Oxford, England, UK
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0716782715
• ISBN 13: 9780716782711
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Akio Matsuyoshi (Cover Illustration)
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Computer Science & Technology, IT, Internet, etc.
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research

About this title

Synopsis

This text provides a broad introduction to the realm of computers. Updated and expanded, "The New Turing Omnibus" offers 66 concise articles on the major points of interest in computer science theory, technology and applications. New for this edition are: updated information on algorithms, detecting primes, noncomputable functions, and self-replicating computers - plus completely new sections on the Mandelbrot set, genetic algorithms, the Newton-Raphson Method, neural networks that learn, DOS systems for personal computers, and computer viruses.

About the Author

A. K. Dewdney teaches computer science at the University of Western Ontario.