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The Pattern On The Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work (Science Masters)

The Pattern On The Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work (Science Masters)

by Daniel Hillis (Author)

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    Hardcover 1998

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Synopsis

Starting with an account of how computers are built and why they work, Daniel Hillis describes what they acn and cannot do - at the resent time - before explaining how a computer can surpass its programmer, and finally, the quest for a thinking machine.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 176
 Edition: 1st Edition
 Publisher: W&N
Published: 30 Nov 1998
ISBN 10: 0297815415
ISBN 13: 9780297815419

Author Bio
Daniel Hillis is one of the world's hottest computer scientists. He was co-founder and chief scientist of the Thinking Machines Corporation and principalarchitect of the company's major product, the Connection Machine. He is an Editor of several scientific journals, including Artificial Life and Future Generation Computer Systems and is currently Vice President and Disney Fellow at Walt Disney Imagineering.Adam Hart-Davis is a freelance photographer, writer and broadcaster. He won awards for the BBC 2 series, Local Heroes and his pu