Feynman Lectures on computation

By:

Richard P Feynman

Contributor(s):

edited by Anthony J G Hey; Robin W Allen

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Westview Press 2000Description: xiv, 303 p. : ill ; 24 cmISBN:

9780738202969

Subject(s):

Electronic data processing. Dataprocessing

DDC classification:

004 FEY-F .CS

Contents:

Preface / Richard Feynman -- 1. Introduction to Computers -- 2. Computer Organization -- 3. The Theory of Computation -- 4. Coding and Information Theory -- 5. Reversible Computation and the Thermodynamics of Computing -- 6. Quantum Mechanical Computers -- 7. Physical Aspects of Computation -- Afterword: Memories of Richard Feynman.

Summary: From 1983 to 1986, the legendary physicist and teacher Richard Feynman gave a course at Caltech called "Potentialities and Limitations of Computing Machines." Although the lectures are over ten years old, most of the material is timeless and presents a "Feynmanesque" overview of many standard and some not-so-standard topics in computer science.

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From 1983 to 1986, the legendary physicist and teacher Richard Feynman gave a course at Caltech called "Potentialities and Limitations of Computing Machines." Although the lectures are over ten years old, most of the material is timeless and presents a "Feynmanesque" overview of many standard and some not-so-standard topics in computer science.

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