Computing
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Computing

A Historical and Technical Perspective

  1. 350 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Computing

A Historical and Technical Perspective

About this book

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. The book starts with the earliest references to counting by humans, introduces various number systems, and discusses mathematics in early civilizations. It gui

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. About the Authors
  6. Chapter 1: The Dawn of Counting
  7. Chapter 2: Representation of Numbers
  8. Chapter 3: Rational and Irrational Numbers
  9. Chapter 4: Prime Numbers
  10. Chapter 5: Euclid’s Elements
  11. Chapter 6: Diophantus of Alexandria and Arithmetica
  12. Chapter 7: Secret Writing in Ancient Civilization
  13. Chapter 8: The Abacus
  14. Chapter 9: Book of Calculation by Fibonacci
  15. Chapter 10: Decimal Fractions and Logarithms
  16. Chapter 11: Calculating Machines
  17. Chapter 12: Solutions to Algebraic Equations
  18. Chapter 13: Real and Complex Numbers
  19. Chapter 14: Cardinality
  20. Chapter 15: Boolean Algebras and Applications
  21. Chapter 16: Computability and Its Limitations
  22. Chapter 17: Cryptography from the Medieval to the Modern Ages
  23. Chapter 18: Electronic Computers
  24. Chapter 19: Numerical Methods
  25. Chapter 20: Modular Arithmetic
  26. Chapter 21: Cybernetics and Information Theory
  27. Chapter 22: Error Detecting and Correcting Codes
  28. Chapter 23: Automata and Formal Languages
  29. Chapter 24: Artificial Intelligence
  30. Chapter 25: Programming Languages
  31. Chapter 26: Algorithms and Computational Complexity
  32. Chapter 27: The Design of Computer Algorithms
  33. Chapter 28: Parallel and Distributed Computing
  34. Chapter 29: Computer Networks
  35. Chapter 30: Public-Key Cryptography
  36. Chapter 31: Quantum Computing
  37. Back Cover