There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life. You
are fluent in its terminology of email, WiFi, social networking,
and encryption. You use its results when you make a telephone call,
access the Internet, use any factory-produced product, or travel in
any modern car. The discipline is so new that some prefer to call
it a branch of engineering or mathematics. But it is so powerful
and world-changing that you would be hard-pressed to find a single
human being on the planet unaffected by its achievements. The
science of computers enables the supply and creation of power,
food, water, medicine, transport, money, communication,
entertainment, and most goods in shops. It has transformed
societies with the Internet, the digitization of information,
mobile phone networks and GPS technologies. Here, Peter J. Bentley
explores how this young discipline grew from its theoretical
conception by pioneers such as Turing, through its growth spurts in
the Internet, its difficult adolescent stage where the promises of
AI were never achieved and dot-com bubble burst, to its current
stage as a (semi)mature field, now capable of remarkable
achievements. Charting the successes and failures of computer
science through the years, Bentley discusses what innovations may
change our world in the future.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
