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Feynman Lectures on computation
From 1983 to 1986, the legendary physicist and teacher Richard Feynman gave a course at Caltech called "Potentialities and Limitations of Computing Machines." Although the lectures are over ten years old, most of the material is timeless and presents a "Feynmanesque" overview...
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Westview Press
2000
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| 100 | |a Richard P Feynman | ||
| 245 | |a Feynman Lectures on computation | ||
| 260 | |b Westview Press |c 2000 | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 303 p. : ill ; 24 cm | ||
| 505 | |a Preface / Richard Feynman -- 1. Introduction to Computers -- 2. Computer Organization -- 3. The Theory of Computation -- 4. Coding and Information Theory -- 5. Reversible Computation and the Thermodynamics of Computing -- 6. Quantum Mechanical Computers -- 7. Physical Aspects of Computation -- Afterword: Memories of Richard Feynman. | ||
| 520 | |a From 1983 to 1986, the legendary physicist and teacher Richard Feynman gave a course at Caltech called "Potentialities and Limitations of Computing Machines." Although the lectures are over ten years old, most of the material is timeless and presents a "Feynmanesque" overview of many standard and some not-so-standard topics in computer science. | ||
| 650 | |a Electronic data processing. Dataprocessing. | ||
| 700 | |a edited by Anthony J G Hey; Robin W Allen | ||
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