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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Contrast Shannon’s code- and communication-based approach to information with a new, algorithmic way of thinking about the problem in terms of descriptions and computations. See how this idea relates to Alan Turing’s theoretical universal computing machine, which underlies the operation of all digital computers..
2) Science of Information: From Language to Black Holes: Turing Machines and Algorithmic Information
Author
Series
Great Courses volume 19
Language
English
Description
Contrast Shannon's code- and communication-based approach to information with a new, algorithmic way of thinking about the problem in terms of descriptions and computations. See how this idea relates to Alan Turing's theoretical universal computing machine, which underlies the operation of all digital computers.
Author
Language
English
Description
Classic text considers general theory of computability, computable functions, operations on computable functions, Turing machines self-applied, unsolvable decision problems, applications of general theory, mathematical logic, Kleene hierarchy, computable functionals, classification of unsolvable decision problems and more.
4) Theory of Computation Simplified: Simulate Real-World Computing Machines and Problems With Strong Pr
Author
Language
English
Description
A theory behind computing machines
KEY FEATURES
● Algorithmic ideas are made simple to understand through the use of examples.
● Contains a wide range of examples and solutions to help students better grasp the concepts.
● Designed to assist and coach students in applying the fundamentals of computation theory in real-world situations.
DESCRIPTION
The book is geared toward those who thirst for computation theory knowledge. To cater to the demands...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
For decades, proponents of artificial intelligence have argued that computers will soon be doing everything that a human mind can do. Admittedly, computers now play chess at the grandmaster level, but do they understand the game as we do? Can a computer eventually do everything a human mind can do? In this absorbing and frequently contentious book, Roger Penrose puts forward his view that there are some facets of human thinking that can never be emulated...
Author
Publisher
Jon Bardo
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
WANT TO KNOW HOW THE PASSION FOR VIRTUAL GAMES ORIGINATED?
Most video game enthusiasts know that the PONG arcade machine started the craze for electronic entertainment. But what happened before that, and how did it get to that point?
The first video games were nothing more than experimental laboratory tests or means to showcase computer novelties at exhibition fairs. There was no commercial interest. Therefore, it
...Author
Language
English
Description
Paul J. Nahin is the author of many bestselling popular math books, including Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt, In Praise of Simple Physics, and An Imaginary Tale (all Princeton). He is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire.
How two pioneers of math and technology ushered in the computer revolution
Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use-from...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device, which first appeared a mere 50 years ago, come to structure and dominate our lives so totally? An enlightening mini-biography of a brilliant but troubled man.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
300 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Turing can be regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. But who was Turing, and what did he achieve during his tragically short life of 41 years? Best known as the genius who broke Germany's most secret codes during the war of 1939-45, Turing was also the father of the modern computer. Today, all who 'click-to-open' are familiar with the impact of Turing's ideas.
Here, B. Jack Copeland provides an account of Turing's life and...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Twentieth-century mathematicians Alan Turing and Ludwig Wittgenstein both asked: "Could machines think?" Learn how they addressed the complex concepts of language, thinking, intelligence, and consciousness. All contemporary computers and the fields of artificial intelligence and neural networks trace their origin to Turing. But Wittgenstein seems to have the last word.
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
"From author Rachel McMillan comes a richly researched historical romance that takes place in post-World War II Europe and features espionage and a strong female lead"--
"From author Rachel McMillan comes a richly researched historical romance that takes place in post-World War II Europe and features espionage and a strong female lead.Lady Sophia Huntington Villiers is no stranger to intrigue, as her work with Alan Turing's Bombe Machines at Bletchley...
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