計算小史<br>A Brief History of Computing

計算小史
A Brief History of Computing

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 280 p.／サイズ 72 illus.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9781848000834
  • DDC分類 004.09

基本説明

Covers significant areas and events in the field from the beginnings of computation 3000B.C. through to the present day. Features: Offers detailed information on major figures in computing, such as Boole, Babbage, Shannon, Turing and Von Neumann; Includes a history of programming languages, including syntax and semantics; presents a history of software engineering; Discusses the progress of artificial intelligence, with extension to some of the key disciplines in this field, and more.

Full Description

This comprehensive book provides an introduction into the key topics in the history of computing in an easy-to-follow and concise manner. It does not require studies in computer science in order to be understood and appreciated. The book covers significant areas and events in the field from the beginnings of computation in 3000B.C. through to the present day. Helpful pedagogical elements such as exercises and chapter summaries are included. Focusing on the fundamental areas in the computing field, this clearly written and broad-ranging text will catch the attention and greatly benefit computer science students.

Contents

From the contents. Early Civilisations.- The Babylonians.- The Egyptians.- The Greeks.- The Romans.- Foundations.- Boole.- Babbage.- Formalism.- Turing.- Shannon.- Von Neumann.- Hermann Zuse.- Computer Programming Languages.- Object-oriented Languages.- Functional Programming Languages.- Logic Programming Languages.- Syntax and Semantics.- Software Engineering.- What is Software Engineering?- Early Software Engineering.- Software Engineering Mathematics.- Formal Methods.- Software Inspections and Testing.- Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems.- Descartes.- Philosophy and AI.- Cognitive Psychology.- Linguistics.- Cybernetics.- Logic and AI.- Computability, Incompleteness and Decidability.- Robots.- Neural Networks.- Expert Systems.- The Internet Revolution.- The ARPANET.- TCP/IP.- Birth of the Internet.- Birth of the World-Wide-Web.- Dot Com Companies.- E-Software Development.- E-Commerce Security.- Famous Technology Companies.- Microsoft.- Motorola.- Apple Computers.- Oracle.- Siemens.- HP.