Computers Imagination Visual Adventures by Pickover Clifford (28 results)

Condition: Good. Reprint. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Good. Reprint. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.55.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.55.

hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Condition Notes: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Profusely illustrated in black-and-white and color. Softcover. Condition: near fine (spine crease; small bookstore stamp). ISBN 0312083432.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). St. Martin's Press Hardcover with jacket. Some scuffing and shelfwear to outside but clean inside. Tight binding.

Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. (computer simulation, graphics).

Hardback. Condition: VERY Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDComputer Science; Very good hardcover with dust jacket. Minor creasing and nicks to dust jacket. Clean pages. Prompt shipping with tracking.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 424 pp.

Halbleinen. Condition: Gut. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 24,5 cm XIX, 419 S. :. Halbleinen mit Schutzumschlag. Sprache: Englisch, Zustand: Sehr Gut (Innen); Bleistiftnotizen nach dem Text; Schnitt oben etwas angestaubt-fleckig; Einband (Außen) hat min. bis geringe Gebrauchsspuren; Die Versandkosten sind so bemessen, dass wir das Buch im Inland nur mit einer guten Luftpolsterverpackung versenden können; * Die Photos sind original von uns erstellt worden, u.a. erkennbar an einem kleinen weißen Stück Papier im oberen Schnitt. Ab und an verwenden Suchmaschinen Verlagsphotos, bei den Portalen selbst, werden aber nur unsere Originalphotos gezeigt.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. xix, 419 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** CONTENTS: PART I. INTRODUCTION; Computers and the unexpected; PART II. SIMULATION; Simulation: Introduction; Butterfly curves; The cancer conundrum; Growing your own font; Experiments with a leaning tower of books; Building your own artificial web; A wiring problem; Desktop evolution; Research and development; PART III. SPECULATION; Speculation: Introduction; A soda-can sized super-super computer; Who are the ten most influential scientists in history?; The mummy project; A personal computer placed in the year 1900; Research and development; PART IV. VISUALIZATION; Visualization: Introduction; Pain induced patterns; The Ikeda attractor; Virtual voltage sculptures; The world of chaos; Irregularly oscillating fossil seashells; Picturing randomness with noise spheres; Visualizing cantor cheese construction; Twisted mirror worlds; Polyhedral paradise; Turning a universe inside-out; From math comes beauty: Monkey curves and spirals; Visualization of the Gleichniszahlen-Reihe monster; The moire effect: Practical and pictorial patterns; Computer exoskeletons; PART V. EXPLORATION; Exploration: Introduction; The lute of Pythagoras; Results of the very-large-number contest; A prime plaid; Infinite sequences in centered hexamorphic numbers; On the existence of cakemorphic integers; A Fractal goose; All known replicating fibonacci-digits less than one billion; The juggler sequence; Earthwork algebra; Friendly technology; Palindromes on parade; Reversed numbers and palindromes; Chimpanzee/man hybrid; Infinite triangular arrays; Undulating undecamorphic and undulating pseudofareymorphic integers; A pattern based on the Mandelbrot set; The computer smorgasbord; Million-point sculptures; Continued roots in the complex plane; Pictured spherical lissajous figures; Fractal faces; PART VI. INVENTION; Invention: Introduction; Self-correcting anti-dylexic font; Speech synthesis grenade; Pictorial password systems; Evolving computers; PART VII. IMAGINATION; Computer-generated poetry; PART VIII. FICTION; The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Chaos Society; The big black bug; There will be soft cattle. Size: 8vo. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Color And B.W Illustrations Throughout (illustrator). 1st Edition. Ix, 414 Pp + Plates At End. Black Cloth Spine, Gilt, Green Boards. First Edition. A Fine Introduction To Mathematical Concepts Behind Computerized Graphics.

paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine.

Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). xx, 419 [5]p., b/w illus., colored plates, dj.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. xix, 419 ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0312083432 (pbk.); 9780312083434 (pbk.) LCCN: 92-24924 ; LC: T385; Dewey: 006.6 ; OCLC: 26502701 ; color photographic paper wrappers ; "An examination of how visualization has transformed the way humans perceive and understand their world uses a computer to gain insights into the origins of human creativity. Original." ; Contents: Computers and the unexpected -- Simulation -- Butterfly curves -- The cancer conundrum -- Growing your own font -- Experiments with a leaning tower of books -- Building your own artificial webs -- A wiring problem -- A desktop evolution -- Speculation -- Soda-can sized super-super conductor -- Who are the ten most influential scientists in history -- The mummy project -- A personal computer placed in the year 1900 -- Visualization -- Pain inducing patterns -- The Ikeda attractor -- Virtual voltage sculptures -- The world of chaos -- Irregularly oscillating fossil seashells -- Picturing randomness with noise spheres -- Visualizing cantor cheese construction -- Twisted mirror worlds -- Poylhedral paradise -- Turning a universe inside-out -- From math comes beauty : monkey curves and spirals -- Visualization of the Gleicniszahlen-Reihe monster -- The moire effect : practical and pictorial patterns -- COmputer exoskeletons -- The lute of Pythagoras -- Results of the very-large-number contest -- A prime plaid -- Infinite sequences in centered hexamorphic numbers -- On the existence of cakemorphic integers -- A fractal goose -- All known replicating Fibonacci-Digits less than one billion -- The juggler sequence -- Earthworm algebra -- Friendly technology -- Palindromes on parade -- Reveresed numbers and palindromes -- Chimpanzee - man hybrid -- Infinite triangular arrays -- Undulating undecamorphic and undulating pseudoofareymorphic integers -- A pattern based on the Mandelbrot set -- The computer smorgasbord -- Million-point sculptures -- Cintinued roots in the complex plane -- Picturing spherical Lissajous figures -- Fractal faces -- Invention -- Self-correcting anti-dyslexic font -- Speech synthesis grenade -- Pictorial password systems -- Evolving computers -- COmputer-generated poetry -- The 34th annual meeting of the Chaos Society -- The big black bug -- There will be soft cattle -- Exercises for the mind and eye -- Fractal caves -- Notes for the curious -- Artistic androids and animals -- Bibliography of computers in the arts and sciences --- Descriptions of color plates and frontispieces -- Stone math ; FINE. Book.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over quarter-bound black on turquoise boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1 kg); pp (xvii) 411; Index; Bibliography; Cover art by Andrea Futter; Contains: Black & white photographs; Colour photographs; Black & white plates; Black & white drawings; Diagrams; Glossary; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #114255 ||.

Condition: new.

hardcover. Condition: New. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Condition: Gut. Reprint. Alle Bücher & Medienartikel von Book Broker sind stets in gutem & sehr gutem gebrauchsfähigen Zustand. Dieser Artikel weist folgende Merkmale auf: Helle/saubere Seiten in fester Bindung. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Einband leicht belesen/bestoßen. Einband leicht staubfleckig. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 700 Taschenbuch, Maße: 14.61 cm x 2.54 cm x 22.86 cm.