The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465066933ISBN-10:465066933UPC:9780465066933Book Category:ComputersBook Subcategory:Computer ScienceSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SC8B27BC54
The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work
Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realize -- and what Daniel Hillis's short book brilliantly demonstrates -- is that computers' seemingly complex operations can be broken down into a few simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over again. Computer wizard Hillis offers an easy-to-follow explanation...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465066933ISBN-10:465066933UPC:9780465066933Book Category:ComputersBook Subcategory:Computer ScienceSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SC8B27BC54
As an MIT graduate student, W. Daniel Hillis designed the first practical massively parallel computer, the Connection Machine, and in 1983 co-founded the world-famous Thinking Machines Corporation to produce and market this device. The co-founder of the Long Now Foundation, Applied Minds, Applied Invention, and other technology companies, Hillis lives in Los Angeles, California.
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