445 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Published without dust jacket. First Edition / First Printing. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1.

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Title: Most Complex Machine: A Survey of Computers and Computing
Publisher: A K Peters, Wellesley, MA
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1568810547
ISBN 13: 9781568810546
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine to Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Printed Boards

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This introduction to computers presents the fundamental ideas and principles on which modern computers are built. While used as a text for courses in computer appreciation as well as introductions to computer science, the book has found a wide audience among computer users who wish to understand the basis of the machines that form and transform our society.

What Computers Do • Teaching Silicon to Compute • Building a Computer •†Theoretical Computers • Real Computers • Programming • Subroutines and Recursion • Real Programming Languages • Applications • Cooperating Computers • Graphics • Artificial Intelligence • Answers • The text is supplemented by a web site that gives access to other problems and projects.

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David J. Eck

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