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A Brief History of Computing (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2012)
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A Brief History of Computing (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2012)
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This lively and fascinating text traces the key developments in
computation - from 3000 B.C. to the present day - in an
easy-to-follow and concise manner. Topics and features: ideal for
self-study, offering many pedagogical features such as
chapter-opening key topics, chapter introductions and summaries,
exercises, and a glossary; presents detailed information on major
figures in computing, such as Boole, Babbage, Shannon, Turing, Zuse
and Von Neumann; reviews the history of software engineering and of
programming languages, including syntax and semantics; discusses
the progress of artificial intelligence, with extension to such key
disciplines as philosophy, psychology, linguistics, neural networks
and cybernetics; examines the impact on society of the introduction
of the personal computer, the World Wide Web, and the development
of mobile phone technology; follows the evolution of a number of
major technology companies, including IBM, Microsoft and Apple.
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