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Advances in computers
Elsevier Science 1997; US$ 177.00Since its first volume in 1960, Advances in Computers has presented detailed coverage of innovations in hardware and software and in computer theory, design, and applications. It has also provided contributorswith a medium in which they can examine their subjects in greater depth and breadth than that allowed by standard journal articles. As a result,... more...
Advances in computers
Elsevier Science 2000; US$ 177.00Humans are often distinguished from other animals by their ability, even need, to see patterns in everyday life. As we enter a new millennium, all aspects of society seem to want to take stock of what has happened in the past and what is likely to happen in the future. The computer industry is no different from others. Advances in Computers has been... more...
Alan Turing
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 24.95It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades--all before his suicide at age forty-one. This classic biography of the founder of computer science, reissued on the centenary of... more...
Alan Turing and his Contemporaries
British Informatics Society Limited 2012; US$ 23.99Secret wartime projects in areas such as code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. Their influence is still discernable deep down within today?s hardware and software. more...
The Apollo Guidance Computer
Springer 2010; US$ 44.95The technological marvel that facilitated the Apollo missions to the Moon was the on-board computer. In the 1960s most computers filled an entire room, but the spacecraft's computer was required to be compact and low power. Although people today find it difficult to accept that it was possible to control a spacecraft using such a 'primitive'... more...
Apple Confidential 2.0
No Starch Press 2004; US$ 12.95The second edition of this bestseller examines the tumultuous history of America?s best-known Silicon Valley start-up, from its legendary founding almost 30 years ago, through a series of disastrous executive decisions, to its return to profitability, including Apple?s recent move into the music business. This updated and expanded edition is full of... more...
The Apple Revolution
Ebury Publishing 2012; US$ 17.34This is the story of how the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll generation changed the world for ever. Meet the Crazy Ones who created Silicon Valley - the hippies who started the Homebrew Computer Club; the young ad executive who first sketched out Apple's iconic logo; the engineers who met lying down in a cardboard geodesic dome at Stanford University.... more...
Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Elsevier Science 1998; US$ 177.00Since its first volume in 1960, Advances in Computers has presented detailed coverage of innovations in hardware and software and in computer theory, design, and applications. It has also provided contributors with a medium in which they can examine their subjects in greater depth and breadth than that allowed by standard journal articles. As a result,... more...
Beautiful Security
O'Reilly Media 2009; US$ 31.99Although most people don't give security much attention until their personal or business systems are attacked, this thought-provoking anthology demonstrates that digital security is not only worth thinking about, it's also a fascinating topic. Criminals succeed by exercising enormous creativity, and those defending against them must do the same.... more...
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction
Berkshire Publishing 2004; US$ 354.00"This rich two-volume reference," says SciTech Books News (December 2004), "presents the history and current state of research for a broad range of topics. Written by experts in the field...the content is directed toward educated general readers and will be useful to undergraduate students." more...









