Lectures on Computation

Richard P. Feynman

ISBN 10: 0140284516 / ISBN 13: 9780140284515

Published by Penguin, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lectures on Computation
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140284516
• ISBN 13: 9780140284515
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Richard P. Feynman's lectures on computation, which he gave at Caltech from 1983 to 1986, give the 'Feynman treatment' to subjects such as computability, Turing machines and information theory. Taken as a whole, they explore the potential and fundamental limitations of digital computers. Feynman's philosophy of learning and discovery comes through strongly in these lectures. They provide a unique insight into Feynman's exemplary way of working.

About the Author

Richard P. Feynman was one of this century's most brilliant and original thinkers. He taught at Cornell and the California Institute of Technology and received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics.

Books by Feynman in Penguin include THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW (1965), QED (1985), SIX EASY PIECES, SIX NOT-SO-EASY PIECES, and the bestselling THE MEANING OF IT ALL, all published in 1998.