Demystifying Computation: A Hands-On Introduction
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (826 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1786342650 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Readership: High-School and undergraduate students in computer science, information and communication technology, and software development, and non-experts in the field looking to understand how computation works.. It describes the impact of these in relation to academia, business and wider society, providing a sound theoretical basis for its practical application. Written for accessibility, Demystifying Computation provides the basic knowledge needed for non-experts in the field, undergraduate computer scientists and students of information and communication technology and software development. This book introduces the theory of computation from its inception to current form of complexity; from explanations of how the field of computer science was formed using classical ideas in mathematics by Gödel, to conceptualization of the Turing Machine, to its more recent innovations in quantum computation, hypercomputation, vague computing and na