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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future by John Maccormick

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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future by John Maccormick

Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact.

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John MacCormick is associate professor of computer science at Dickinson College and a leading teacher, researcher, and writer in his field. His books include What Can Be Computed? A Practical Guide to the Theory of Computation (Princeton).
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ISBN 13 9780691209067
ISBN 10 0691209065
Title Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future
Author John Maccormick
Series Princeton Science Library
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Princeton University Press
Year published 2020-09-15
Number of pages 232
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