Out of their minds : the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists / Dennis Shasha, Cath...
Out of their minds : the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists / Dennis Shasha, Cath...
Out of their minds : the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists / Dennis Shasha, Cathy Lazere.
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New York : Copernicus, c1995.
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T0370619
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English
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xi, 291 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Linguists: How to Talk to Machines. John Backus: A Restless Inventor. John McCarthy: The Uncommon Logician of Common Sense. Alan C. Kay: A Clear Romantic Vision -- Pt. 2. Algorithmists: How to Solve Problems Fast. Edsger W. Dijkstra: Appalling Prose and the Shortest Path. Michael O. Rabin: Th...
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New York : Copernicus, c1995.
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New York (State)
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c1995.
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Out of their minds : the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists / Dennis Shasha, Cathy Lazere.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-278) and index.
Transferred from N004.0922/4.
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c1995.
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T0370619
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ISBN
9780387979922 (acid-free)
0387979921 (acid-free)
9780387982694 (softcover: alk. paper)
0387982698 (softcover: alk. paper)
9780387982694 (pbk.)
0387982698 (pbk.)
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004.0922
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991003224289702626
