Computing: A Historical and Technical Perspective

Editor/Author Igarashi, Yoshihide, Altman, Tom and Funada, Mariko, et.al.
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Routledge

Single-User Purchase Price: $59.95
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: Not Available
ISBN: 978-1-48-222741-3
Category: Technology & Engineering - Technology
Image Count: 34
Book Status: Available
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Exploring a vast array of topics related to computation, Computing: A Historical and Technical Perspective covers the historical and technical foundation of ancient and modern-day computing.

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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • CHAPTER 1: THE DAWN OF COUNTING
  • CHAPTER 2: REPRESENTATION OF NUMBERS
  • CHAPTER 3: RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL NUMBERS
  • CHAPTER 4: PRIME NUMBERS
  • CHAPTER 5: EUCLID'S ELEMENTS
  • Chapter 6: Diophantus of Alexandria and Arithmetica
  • CHAPTER 7: SECRET WRITING IN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION
  • CHAPTER 8: THE ABACUS
  • CHAPTER 9: BOOK OF CALCULATION BY FIBONACCI
  • Chapter 10: Decimal Fractions and Logarithms
  • CHAPTER 11: CALCULATING MACHINES
  • CHAPTER 12: SOLUTIONS TO ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS
  • CHAPTER 13: REAL AND COMPLEX NUMBERS
  • CHAPTER 14: CARDINALITY
  • CHAPTER 15: BOOLEAN ALGEBRAS AND APPLICATIONS
  • CHAPTER 16: COMPUTABILITY AND ITS LIMITATIONS
  • CHAPTER 17: CRYPTOGRAPHY FROM THE MEDIEVAL TO THE MODERN AGES
  • CHAPTER 18: ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS
  • CHAPTER 19: NUMERICAL METHODS
  • CHAPTER 20: MODULAR ARITHMETIC
  • CHAPTER 21: CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATION THEORY
  • CHAPTER 22: ERROR DETECTING AND CORRECTING CODES
  • CHAPTER 23: AUTOMATA AND FORMAL LANGUAGES
  • CHAPTER 24: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  • CHAPTER 25: PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
  • CHAPTER 26: ALGORITHMS AND COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY
  • CHAPTER 27: THE DESIGN OF COMPUTER ALGORITHMS
  • CHAPTER 28: PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
  • CHAPTER 29: COMPUTER NETWORKS
  • CHAPTER 30: PUBLIC-KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY
  • CHAPTER 31: QUANTUM COMPUTING