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Release: 1983-06
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0070369836



From Baker Street to Binary: An Introduction to Computers and Computer Programming

Teaches Computers & Computer Programming Using Sherlock Holmes Motif

Elementary Concepts; The Analytical Engine; Adventure of the Abacus; Programming -- Adventure of the Carriage Wheel,algorithms etc; A Victim of Indiscretion - word processing; The Adventure of the Toy Train - personal computers, video games; Many users, one computer; communication with remote users; networks;

Upon the Various Shortcomings of the Analytical Engine; Horizons -- the Affair at the Golden Eagle - Turing Machines; nature of mechanical computation; unsolvable problems; Adventure of the Red Queen's Race -- artificial intelligence; machine learning and other directions; can a machine thiink; common misconceptions; some social implications;

Appendices -- ASCII character set, Basic - its grammar and meaning; Exercises in Basic; The Halting Problem - proof of unsolvabillity; references and further reading; glossary - vocabulary of terms. Free download From Baker Street to Binary books collection in PDF, EPUB, FB2, MOBI, and TXT formats.
'Suppose the legendary Sherlock Holmes had had a computer to help solve his cases... the forerunner of the computer, the Analytic Engine, was designed by Charles Babbage in the mid-1800s, the era of Sherlock Holmes. Best deals ebooks download From Baker Street to Binary on amazon.It is this machine that helps Holmes solve the baffling cases in this book and unlock the mysteries of computers for the reader. In the Adventure of the Abacus, a mathematics professor is murdered and top secret government documents are destroyed. As Holmes solves the crime, the reader learns how the computer stores data and other elementary computer concepts. In the Adventure of the Carriage Wheel, a computer calculation saves a young man accused of burglary, while the reader is taught the fundamentals of programming. ...' (from the rear cover) Download From Baker Street to Binary: An Introduction to Computers and Computer Programming with free ebook downloads available via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared.

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