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Out of their minds : the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists / Dennis Shasha, Cathy Lazere.
Record details
- ISBN: 0387979921 (acid-free)
- ISBN: 9780387979922 (acid-free)
- Physical Description: xi, 291 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Copernicus, c1995.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-278) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- John Backus : a restless inventor -- John McCarthy : the uncommon logician of common sense -- Alan C. Kay : a clear romantic vision -- Edsger W. Dijkstra : appalling prose and the shortest path -- Michael O. Rabin : the possibilities of chance -- Donald E. Knuth : boundless interests, a common thread -- Robert E. Tarjan : in search of good structure -- Leslie Lamport : of time, space, and computation -- Stephen Cook and Leonid Levin : a good solution is hard to find -- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. : a delight in making things work -- Burton J. Smith : racing with the speed of light -- W. Daniels Hillis : the biological connection -- Edward A. Feigenbaum : the power of knowledge -- Douglas B. Lenat : a twenty-year bet.
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| Lummi Library | BIO SHAS 1995 | 2240559 | Biography | Available | - |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aOut of their minds : ‡bthe lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists / ‡cDennis Shasha, Cathy Lazere. |
| 260 | . | ‡aNew York : ‡bCopernicus, ‡cc1995. | |
| 300 | . | ‡axi, 291 p. : ‡bill. ; ‡c25 cm. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-278) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aJohn Backus : a restless inventor -- John McCarthy : the uncommon logician of common sense -- Alan C. Kay : a clear romantic vision -- Edsger W. Dijkstra : appalling prose and the shortest path -- Michael O. Rabin : the possibilities of chance -- Donald E. Knuth : boundless interests, a common thread -- Robert E. Tarjan : in search of good structure -- Leslie Lamport : of time, space, and computation -- Stephen Cook and Leonid Levin : a good solution is hard to find -- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. : a delight in making things work -- Burton J. Smith : racing with the speed of light -- W. Daniels Hillis : the biological connection -- Edward A. Feigenbaum : the power of knowledge -- Douglas B. Lenat : a twenty-year bet. |
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