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Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History
This book is a collection of 44 articles on the history of
mathematics, published in MAA journals over the past 100 years.
Covering a span of almost 4000 years, from the ancient
Babylonians to the eighteenth century, it chronicles the enormous
changes...
(paru le 30/09/2004, consulté 990 fois)
An Introduction to Book History
An Introduction to Book History provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the development of the book and print culture. David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery chart the move from the spoken word to written texts, the coming of print, the book as...
(paru le 20/05/2005, consulté 1351 fois)
The Technique of Film and Video Editing History, Theory, and Practice
The Technique of Film & Video Editing provides a detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound. Analyses of photographs from dozens of classic and contemporary films and videos prov...
(paru le 18/12/2006, consulté 1426 fois)
Colossus The secrets of Bletchley Park's code-breaking computers
At last - the secrets of Bletchley Park's powerful codebreaking computers.
This is a history of Colossus, the world's first fully-functioning electronic digital computer. Colossus was used during the Second World War at the Government Code and Cypher Sc...
(paru le 23/02/2006, consulté 1501 fois)
History of Wireless Evolution
Important new insights into how various components and systems evolved
Premised on the idea that one cannot know a science without knowing its history, History of Wireless offers a lively new treatment that introduces previously unacknowledged pionee...
(paru le 21/02/2006, consulté 855 fois)
Supercade A visual history of the videogame age 1971-1984
It was a time when technology was king, status was determined by your high score, and videogames were blitzing the world...
From Pong to Pac-Man, Asteroids to Zaxxon--more than fifty million people around the world have come of age within the electroni...
(paru le 01/01/2001, consulté 1338 fois)
OpenVMS with Apache, OSU, and WASD The Nonstop Websever
If your business needs reliable, full-featured web
service, you need this book -Offers information not available anywhere else for
OpenVMS, whose unbeatable reliability makes it the web
server of choice for institutions that can't afford
downtime for thei...
(paru le 04/11/2002, consulté 1250 fois)
Software Superheroes From Fortran to the Internet Age
Go to chronicles the untold history of software and its
maverick creators. Drawing upon original reporting and
interviews, Steve Lohr gives us an intimate portrait of the
peculiar kind of genius that has always been drawn to this
unique blend of art, scie...
(paru le 04/04/2002, consulté 1547 fois)
High Score! The Illustrated History Of Electronic Games
In this lavishly illustrated full-color retrospective, discover never-before-seen photos that bring to life the people and stories behind the most popular games of all time, including Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, SimCity, Qu...
(paru le 14/01/2004, consulté 1172 fois)
The fat man on game audio Tasty morsels of sonic goodness
The guidance provided in this book is badly needed by
the industry and can only come from someone who really
knows and understands the intricacies, history, and
challenges of game audio. George "Fatman" Sanger reveals
both his soul and talent in this docu...
(paru le 22/07/2003, consulté 1611 fois)
A History of Algorithms From the Pebble to the Microchip
A Source Book for the History of Mathematics, but one which
offers a different perspective by focusinng on algorithms.
With the development of computing has come an awakening of
interest in algorithms. Often neglected by historians and
modern scientists, ...
(paru le 01/08/1999, consulté 2004 fois)
History of computing: Software Issues
This book reviews the present understanding of the
history of software and establishes an agenda for further
research. By exploring this current understanding, the
authors identify the fundamental elements of software. The
problems and questions addressed...
(paru le 10/06/2002, consulté 1820 fois)
The first computers History and architecture
This history of computing focuses not on chronology
(what came first and who deserves credit for it) but on the
actual architectures of the first machines that made
electronic computing a practical reality. The book covers
computers built in the United St...
(paru le 26/09/2002, consulté 1601 fois)