Inventing the Internet
ISBN: 9780262511155 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the late 1960s the Internet has grown from a single experimental network serving a dozen sites in the United States to a network of networks linking millions of computers worldwide. In Inventing the Internet, Janet Abbate recounts the key players and technologies that allowed the Internet to develop; but her main focus is always on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internets design and use. The story she unfolds is an often twisting tale of collaboration and conflict among a remarkable variety of players, including government and military agencies, computer... Since the late 1960s the Internet has grown from a single experimental network serving a dozen sites in the United States to a network of networks ... |
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215,70 zł |
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age
ISBN: 9780262517263 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper (1906--1992) would go like this: a young professor abandons the ivy-covered walls of academia to serve her country in the Navy after Pearl Harbor and finds herself on the front lines of the computer revolution. She works hard to succeed in the all-male computer industry, is almost brought down by personal problems but survives them, and ends her career as a celebrated elder stateswoman of computing, a heroine to thousands, hailed as the inventor of computer programming. Throughout Hopper's later years, the popular... A Hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper (1906--1992) would go like this: a young professor abandons the ivy-cover... |
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245,62 zł |
Internet Architecture and Innovation
ISBN: 9780262518048 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today -- following housing bubbles, bank collapses, and high unemployment -- the Internet remains the most reliable mechanism for fostering innovation and creating new wealth. The Internet's remarkable growth has been fueled by innovation. In this pathbreaking book, Barbara van Schewick argues that this explosion of innovation is not an accident, but a consequence of the Internet's architecture -- a consequence of technical choices regarding the Internet's inner structure that were made early in its history. The Internet's original architecture was based on four design principles:... Today -- following housing bubbles, bank collapses, and high unemployment -- the Internet remains the most reliable mechanism for fostering innovat... |
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245,62 zł |
Understanding Silicon Valley: The Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region
ISBN: 9780804737340 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin--in computer networking, semiconductors, personal computing, and the Internet--and what forces have propelled its unprecedented growth? This collection of nine chapters by contributors from varied disciplines--business, geography, history, regional planning, and sociology--examines the history, development, and entrepreneurial dynamics of Silicon Valley. Part I, -History, - provides context for the Valley's success by exploring its early industrial roots. It traces the...
What has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin--in computer networking, semic...
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162,39 zł |
Gamers at Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play
ISBN: 9781430233510 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Gamers at Work is a critical resource for new and experienced business leaders--for anyone who feels unprepared for the demanding and seemingly insurmountable trials ahead of them." --Peter Molyneux OBE, founder, Lionhead Studios
"Gamers at Work explores every imaginable subtlety of the video-game industry through the fascinating stories of those who took the risks and reaped the rewards." --Hal Halpin, president, Entertainment Consumers Association "This is the sort of book that can tear the... "Gamers at Work is a critical resource for new and experienced business leaders--for anyone who feels unprepared for the demanding and seemingly insur...
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252,32 zł |
A Brief History of Computing
ISBN: 9781447123583 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of computing has its origins at the outset of civilization, and the need for increasingly sophisticated calculations has grown as towns and communities evolved. This lively and fascinating text traces the key developments in computation from 3000 B.C. to the present day in an easy-to-follow and concise manner. Providing a comprehensive introduction to the most significant events and concepts in the history of computing, the book embarks upon a journey from ancient Egypt to modern times; taking in mechanical calculators, early digital computers, the first personal... The history of computing has its origins at the outset of civilization, and the need for increasingly sophisticated calculations has grown as towns... |
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194,08 zł |
Colossus: Bletchley Park's Last Secret
ISBN: 9781843543312 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1940, almost a year after the outbreak of World War II, Allied radio operators at an interception station in South London began picking up messages in a strange new code. Using science, math, innovation, and improvisation, Bletchley Park code breakers worked furiously to invent a machine to decipher what turned out to be the secrets of Nazi high command. It was called Colossus. What these code breakers didn't realize was that they had fashioned the world's first true computer. When the war ended, this incredible invention was dismantled and hidden away for almost 50 years. Paul Gannon has...
In 1940, almost a year after the outbreak of World War II, Allied radio operators at an interception station in South London began picking up messages...
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79,64 zł |
Deep Blue: An Artificial Intelligence Milestone
ISBN: 9781468495683 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a detailed account of IBM's Deep Blue chess program, the people who created it, and its historic battles with World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. The text examines the progress made by the creators of Deep Blue, beginning with the1989 two-game match against Kasparov. The heroes are: IBM researchers Feng-hsiung Hsu, Murray Campbell, and Joe Hoane, along with team leader Chung-Jen Tan and International Grandmaster Joel Benjamin. The text chronicles one of the great technology achievements of the 20th Century. It establishes the point in history when mankind's exciting new... This book offers a detailed account of IBM's Deep Blue chess program, the people who created it, and its historic battles with World Chess Champion... |
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388,20 zł |
People, Problems, and Proofs: Essays from Gödel's Lost Letter: 2010
ISBN: 9783642414213 / Angielski / Twarda / 333 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. People, problems, and proofs are the lifeblood of theoretical computer science. Behind the computing devices and applications that have transformed our lives are clever algorithms, and for every worthwhile algorithm there is a problem that it solves and a proof that it works. Before this proof there was an open problem: can one create an efficient algorithm to solve the computational problem? And, finally, behind these questions are the people who are excited about these fundamental issues in our computational world. In this book the authors draw on their outstanding research and... People, problems, and proofs are the lifeblood of theoretical computer science. Behind the computing devices and applications that have transformed... |
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174,67 zł |
Stability of Time-Variant Discrete-Time Systems
ISBN: 9783528089115 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this monograph some stability properties of linear, time-variant, discrete-time systems are summarized, where some properties are well known, some are little-known facts, and a few may be new. Models for this treatise an the asymp totical behaviour of solutions of difference equations are the commonly known excellent books of CESARI 3] and CONTI 5]. In the tables of Chapter 1 the definitions and the essen tial statements an stability of discrete-time systems are summarized, such that Chapter 2 to 5 may be regarded as explaining appendices for these tables. I am grateful to Paul Ludyk,...
In this monograph some stability properties of linear, time-variant, discrete-time systems are summarized, where some properties are well known, some ...
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199,51 zł |
Silence, Screen, and Spectacle: Rethinking Social Memory in the Age of Information
ISBN: 9781782382805 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an age of information and new media the relationships between remembering and forgetting have changed. This volume addresses the tension between loud and often spectacular histories and those forgotten pasts we strain to hear. Employing social and cultural analysis, the essays within examine mnemonic technologies both new and old, and cover subjects as diverse as U.S. internment camps for Japanese Americans in WWII, the Canadian Indian Residential School system, Israeli memorial videos, and the desaparecidos in Argentina. Through these cases, the contributors argue for a re-interpretation...
In an age of information and new media the relationships between remembering and forgetting have changed. This volume addresses the tension between lo...
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499,68 zł |
Reflections on the History of Computers in Education: Early Use of Computers and Teaching about Computing in Schools
ISBN: 9783642551185 / Angielski / Twarda / 423 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a collection of refereed invited papers on the history of computing in education from the 1970s to the mid-1990s presenting a social history of the introduction and early use of computers in schools. The 30 papers deal with the introduction of computer in schools in many countries around the world: Norway, South Africa, UK, Canada, Australia, USA, Finland, Chile, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Ireland, Israel and Poland. The authors are not professional historians but rather people who as teachers, students or researchers were involved in this history and they narrate their...
This book is a collection of refereed invited papers on the history of computing in education from the 1970s to the mid-1990s presenting a social hist...
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388,20 zł |
Aufbau von Datenverarbeitungsanlagen
ISBN: 9783110046175 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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412,00 zł |
Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age
ISBN: 9780198719182 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alan Turing is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. But who was Turing, and what did he achieve during his tragically short life of 41 years? Best known as the genius who broke Germany's most secret codes during the war of 1939-45, Turing was also the father of the modern computer. Today, all who 'click- to-open' are familiar with the impact of Turing's ideas. Here, B. Jack Copeland provides an account of Turing's life and work, exploring the key elements of his life-story in tandem with his leading ideas and contributions. The book highlights Turing's contributions...
Alan Turing is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. But who was Turing, and what did he achieve during his tragically short...
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56,48 zł |
Computers in Swedish Society: Documenting Early Use and Trends
ISBN: 9781447158578 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book reviews the shift in the historiography of computing from inventors and innovations to a user-perspective, and examines how the relevant sources can be created, collected, preserved, and disseminated. The text describes and evaluates a project in Sweden that documented the stories of around 700 people. The book also provides a critical discussion on the interpretation of oral evidence, presenting three case studies on how this evidence can inform us about the interaction of computing with large-scale transformations in economies, cultures, and societies. Features: describes a... This book reviews the shift in the historiography of computing from inventors and innovations to a user-perspective, and examines how the relevant ... |
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388,20 zł |
PhantomJS Cookbook
ISBN: 9781783981922 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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220,12 zł |
Memory Machines: The Evolution of Hypertext
ISBN: 9781783083442 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the history of hypertext, an influential concept that forms the underlying structure of the World Wide Web and innumerable software applications. Barnet combines an analysis of contemporary literature with her exclusive interviews with those at the forefront of the hypertext innovation. She tells both the human and the technological story, tracing its path back to an analogue device imagined by Vannevar Bush in 1945, before modern computing had happened. Memory Machines offers an expansive record of hypertext over the last 60 years, pinpointing the major... This book explores the history of hypertext, an influential concept that forms the underlying structure of the World Wide Web and innumerable softw... |
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170,94 zł |
Competition, Innovation and the Microsoft Monopoly: Antitrust in the Digital Marketplace: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the Progress & Freedom F
ISBN: 9789401058940 / Angielski / Miękka / 297 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do the antitrust laws have a place in the digital economy or are they obsolete? That is the question raised by the government's legal action against Microsoft, and it is the question this volume is designed to answer.
America's antitrust laws were born out of the Industrial Revolution. Opponents of the antitrust laws argue that whatever merit the antitrust laws may have had in the past they have no place in a digital economy. Rapid innovation makes the accumulation of market power practically impossible. Markets change too quickly for antitrust actions to keep up. And antitrust remedies... Do the antitrust laws have a place in the digital economy or are they obsolete? That is the question raised by the government's legal action against M...
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582,32 zł |
Mathematical Lives: Protagonists of the Twentieth Century from Hilbert to Wiles
ISBN: 9783642447556 / Angielski / Miękka / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Steps forward in mathematics often reverberate in other scientific disciplines, and give rise to innovative conceptual developments or find surprising technological applications. This volume brings to the forefront some of the proponents of the mathematics of the twentieth century, who have put at our disposal new and powerful instruments for investigating the reality around us. The portraits present people who have impressive charisma and wide-ranging cultural interests, who are passionate about defending the importance of their own research, are sensitive to beauty, and attentive to the...
Steps forward in mathematics often reverberate in other scientific disciplines, and give rise to innovative conceptual developments or find surprising...
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194,08 zł |
Smarter Than Their Machines: Oral Histories of Pioneers in Interactive Computing
ISBN: 9781627055536 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Smarter Than Their Machines: Oral Histories of the Pioneers of Interactive Computing is based on oral histories archived at the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Included are the oral histories of some key pioneers of the computer industry selected by John that led to interactive computing, such as Richard Bloch, Gene Amdahl, Herbert W. Robinson, Sam Wyly, J.C.R. Licklider, Ivan Sutherland, Larry Roberts, Robert Kahn, Marvin Minsky, Michael Dertouzos, and Joseph Traub, as well as his own. John has woven them together via introductions that is, in essence, a personal walk...
Smarter Than Their Machines: Oral Histories of the Pioneers of Interactive Computing is based on oral histories archived at the Charles Babbage Instit...
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484,34 zł |