Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists
An oral history of pioneer computing. These people aren't generally regarded as what they are: simply that sort of philosopher who actually solves problems / or else rules out their possibility of solution.
The men here developed things modern life could not function without: high-level programming, the hard maths of networking, the hard maths of timestamping, shortest paths, probabilistic solutions to deterministic questions. Knuth ist so goddamn wholly loveable.
The four parts of this book reflect the four basic questions computer scientists have wrestled with in the last fifty years:
* Linguists: How should I talk to the machine?
* Algorithmists: What will solve a problem fast on my computer?
* Architects: Can I build a better computer?
* Sculptors of Intelligence: Can I write a program that can find its own solutions?
The men here developed things modern life could not function without: high-level programming, the hard maths of networking, the hard maths of timestamping, shortest paths, probabilistic solutions to deterministic questions. Knuth ist so goddamn wholly loveable.