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Out of their Minds Dennis Shasha

Out of their Minds By Dennis Shasha

Out of their Minds by Dennis Shasha


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Summary

This best-selling book is now available in an inexpensive softcover format.
Imagine living during the Renaissance and being able to interview that eras greatest scientists about their inspirations, discoveries, and personal interests.

Out of their Minds Summary

Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists by Dennis Shasha

This best-selling book is now available in an inexpensive softcover format.
Imagine living during the Renaissance and being able to interview that eras greatest scientists about their inspirations, discoveries, and personal interests. The latter half of our century has seen its own Renaissance - informations technology has changed irrevocable the way we live, work, and think about the world. We are fortunate, therefore, that the authors of Out of Their Minds have been able to talk so candidly with the founders of computer science.

Table of Contents

1: Linguists: how to Talk to Machines.- * A Restless Inventor.- * The Uncommon Logician of Common Sense.- * A Clear Romantic Vision.- 2: Algorithmists: How to Solve Problems Fast.- * Appalling Prose and the Shortest Path.- * The Possibilities of Chance.- * Boundless Interests, A Common Thread.- * In Search of Good Structure.- * Of Time, Space, and Computation.- * A Good Solution is Hard to Find.- 3: Architects: How to Build Better Machines.- * A Delight in Making Things Work.- * Racing with the Speed of Light.- * The Biological Connection.- 4: Sculptors of Machine Intelligence: How to Make Machines Smart.- #x2022; The Power of Knowledge.- * A Twenty-Year Bet.- Epilogue: Secrets Of Success?.- Postscript: The Next 25 Years.- References.- Acknowledgments.

Additional information

GOR003829184
9780387982694
0387982698
Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists by Dennis Shasha
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
19980702
291
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