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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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Table of Contents:
- 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.