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Zusatztext An entertaining and informative popular science study of computer science. Informationen zum Autor Dr. Peter J. Bentley has been called a creative maverick computer scientist. He is an Honorary Reader at the Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL), Collaborating Professor at the Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST), a contributing editor for WIRED UK, a consultant and a freelance writer. He has published approximately 200 scientific papers and is author of seven other books, including the popular science books Digital Biology, The Book of Numbers and The Undercover Scientist. He is a regular contributor to television and radio. Klappentext Everyone uses computers today. But what do you really know about them? Using the voices of pioneers and leading experts! Peter J. Bentley tells the story of computer science; explaining how and why computers were invented! how they work! looking at real-world examples of computers in use! and considering what will happen in the future. Zusammenfassung Everyone uses computers today. But what do you really know about them? Using the voices of pioneers and leading experts, Peter J. Bentley tells the story of computer science; explaining how and why computers were invented, how they work, looking at real-world examples of computers in use, and considering what will happen in the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1 Can you compute?; 2 Disposable computing; 3 Your life in binary digits; 4 Monkeys with world-spanning voices; 5 My computer made me cry; 6 Building bionic brains; 7 A computer saved my life
