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Author : David Berlinski
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0156013916
An exploration of the discovery and far reaching effects of the algorithm especially as it relates to the computerized world.
Author : David Berlinski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000-11-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0756761662
The calculus, which Berlinski explained in his enormously successful book, "A Tour of the Calculus", is the idea that made modern science possible. The algorithm, which Berlinski discusses here, is the idea of an effective procedure that has made the modern world possible. Here is the story of the search for and eventual discovery of the algorithm, the set of instructions that drives computers. The algorithm was discovered by a succession of logicians and mathematicians working alone and in obscurity during the first half of the 20th century. Their story makes this the book of Genesis for the computer revolution. "A playful, witty, highly literate effort to guide the mathematically uninitiated through the mysteries of the calculus." Illustrated.
Author : Rick Kennedy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781556356551
Written in the genre of Henry David Thoreau's travel-thinking essays, Jesus, History, and Mount Darwin: An Academic Excursion is the story of a three-day climb into the Evolution Range of the High Sierra mountains of California. Mount Darwin stands among other mountains near fourteen thousand feet high and that are named after promoters of religious versions of evolutionary thinking. Rick Kennedy, a history professor from Point Loma, uses the climb as an opportunity to think about general education and how both the natural history of evolution and the ancient history of Jesus can find a home in the Aristotelian diversity of university methods. Kennedy offers the academic foundations for the credibility and reliability of accounts of Jesus in the New Testament, while pointing out that these foundations have the same weaknesses and strengths that ancient history has in general. Natural history, Kennedy points out, has a different set of strengths and weaknesses from ancient history. Overall, the book reminds students and professors of the wisdom in being humble.
Author : Alexei Volkov,Viktor Freiman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319733968
This volume traces back the history of interaction between the “computational” or “algorithmic” aspects of elementary mathematics and mathematics education throughout ages. More specifically, the examples of mathematical practices analyzed by the historians of mathematics and mathematics education who authored the chapters in the present collection show that the development (and, in some cases, decline) of counting devices and related computational practices needs to be considered within a particular context to which they arguably belonged, namely, the context of mathematics instruction; in their contributions the authors also explore the role that the instruments played in formation of didactical approaches in various mathematical traditions, stretching from Ancient Mesopotamia to the 20th century Europe and North America.
Author : Jean-Luc Chabert
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783642181924
The development of computing has reawakened interest in algorithms. Often neglected by historians and modern scientists, algorithmic procedures have been instrumental in the development of fundamental ideas: practice led to theory just as much as the other way round. The purpose of this book is to offer a historical background to contemporary algorithmic practice.
Author : Kenneth Lange
Publisher : SIAM
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-04
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781611976175
Algorithms are a dominant force in modern culture, and every indication is that they will become more pervasive, not less. The best algorithms are undergirded by beautiful mathematics. This text cuts across discipline boundaries to highlight some of the most famous and successful algorithms. Readers are exposed to the principles behind these examples and guided in assembling complex algorithms from simpler building blocks. Written in clear, instructive language within the constraints of mathematical rigor, Algorithms from THE BOOK includes a large number of classroom-tested exercises at the end of each chapter. The appendices cover background material often omitted from undergraduate courses. Most of the algorithm descriptions are accompanied by Julia code, an ideal language for scientific computing. This code is immediately available for experimentation. Algorithms from THE BOOK is aimed at first-year graduate and advanced undergraduate students. It will also serve as a convenient reference for professionals throughout the mathematical sciences, physical sciences, engineering, and the quantitative sectors of the biological and social sciences.
Author : Fredric M Pieracci,Ernest E Moore
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789814602204
As surgical critical care continues to evolve, this handbook provides the framework for the surgical intensivist, and focuses specifically on the surgical considerations encountered in the care of the critically ill patient. Drawing from decades of experience at one of the world's busiest and most innovative trauma/ surgical intensive care units, the handbook systematically addresses all aspects of surgical critical care. Chapters are presented in an easy-to-access, bullet point format, with each chapter ending in a practical algorithm and review of recent literature. This text will serve as a guide, learning tool, and reference manual for all levels of practitioners, from aspiring student to seasoned attending. Contents:Background:Critical Care Responsibility in Healthcare ReformInitial Approach to the Trauma PatientSystems-based Approach to the Critically Ill Surgical PatientSystem-Based Management:Central Nervous SystemCardiovascularRespiratoryRenalGastrointestinalHematologyInfectious DiseaseICU Procedures:Principles of UltrasoundEchocardiographyCentral Venous CannulationArterial CannulationTube ThoracostomyLumbar PunctureInferior Vena Cava FilterPercutaneous TracheostomyPercutaneous Endoscopic GastrostomyDifficult Urinary CatheterizationBedside LaparotomySpecial Populations:PediatricGeriatricBariatricCardiothoracicObstetricsSpecial Issues:BurnHypothermiaOrthopaedicsPharmacologyFree Flap MonitoringEthics of Surgical Critical Care Readership: Surgical Intensivists (ICU Doctors). Key Features:Specific to surgical critical careBullet point format for easy accessCumulative knowledge/ experience from a world-renown center (Denver Health Medical Center)Keywords:Surgical Critical Care;Trauma;Acute Care Surgery
Author : Ed Finn
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262536042
The gap between theoretical ideas and messy reality, as seen in Neal Stephenson, Adam Smith, and Star Trek. We depend on—we believe in—algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which book to buy, execute a mathematical proof. It's as if we think of code as a magic spell, an incantation to reveal what we need to know and even what we want. Humans have always believed that certain invocations—the marriage vow, the shaman's curse—do not merely describe the world but make it. Computation casts a cultural shadow that is shaped by this long tradition of magical thinking. In this book, Ed Finn considers how the algorithm—in practical terms, “a method for solving a problem”—has its roots not only in mathematical logic but also in cybernetics, philosophy, and magical thinking. Finn argues that the algorithm deploys concepts from the idealized space of computation in a messy reality, with unpredictable and sometimes fascinating results. Drawing on sources that range from Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash to Diderot's Encyclopédie, from Adam Smith to the Star Trek computer, Finn explores the gap between theoretical ideas and pragmatic instructions. He examines the development of intelligent assistants like Siri, the rise of algorithmic aesthetics at Netflix, Ian Bogost's satiric Facebook game Cow Clicker, and the revolutionary economics of Bitcoin. He describes Google's goal of anticipating our questions, Uber's cartoon maps and black box accounting, and what Facebook tells us about programmable value, among other things. If we want to understand the gap between abstraction and messy reality, Finn argues, we need to build a model of “algorithmic reading” and scholarship that attends to process, spearheading a new experimental humanities.
Author : Claude Brezinski ,Gérard Meurant ,Michela Redivo-Zaglia
Publisher : SIAM
Page : 813 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781611977233
This expansive volume describes the history of numerical methods proposed for solving linear algebra problems, from antiquity to the present day. The authors focus on methods for linear systems of equations and eigenvalue problems and describe the interplay between numerical methods and the computing tools available at the time. The second part of the book consists of 78 biographies of important contributors to the field. A Journey through the History of Numerical Linear Algebra will be of special interest to applied mathematicians, especially researchers in numerical linear algebra, people involved in scientific computing, and historians of mathematics.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780077388492
Author : Yingmin Jia,Weicun Zhang,Yongling Fu,Jiqiang Wang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789819968473
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th Chinese Intelligent Systems Conference, CISC 2023, which was held during October 14–15, 2023, in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. The book focuses on new theoretical results and techniques in the field of intelligent systems and control. This is achieved by providing in-depth studies of a number of important topics such as multi-agent systems, complex networks, intelligent robots, complex systems theory and swarm behavior, event-driven and data-driven control, robust and adaptive control, big data and brain science, process control, intelligent sensors and detection technology, deep learning and learning control, navigation and control of aerial vehicles, and so on. The book is particularly suitable for readers interested in learning intelligent systems and control and artificial intelligence. The book can benefit researchers, engineers and graduate students.
Author : Michael Kearns,Aaron Roth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780190948214
Over the course of a generation, algorithms have gone from mathematical abstractions to powerful mediators of daily life. Algorithms have made our lives more efficient, more entertaining, and, sometimes, better informed. At the same time, complex algorithms are increasingly violating the basic rights of individual citizens. Allegedly anonymized datasets routinely leak our most sensitive personal information; statistical models for everything from mortgages to college admissions reflect racial and gender bias. Meanwhile, users manipulate algorithms to "game" search engines, spam filters, online reviewing services, and navigation apps. Understanding and improving the science behind the algorithms that run our lives is rapidly becoming one of the most pressing issues of this century. Traditional fixes, such as laws, regulations and watchdog groups, have proven woefully inadequate. Reporting from the cutting edge of scientific research, The Ethical Algorithm offers a new approach: a set of principled solutions based on the emerging and exciting science of socially aware algorithm design. Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth explain how we can better embed human principles into machine code - without halting the advance of data-driven scientific exploration. Weaving together innovative research with stories of citizens, scientists, and activists on the front lines, The Ethical Algorithm offers a compelling vision for a future, one in which we can better protect humans from the unintended impacts of algorithms while continuing to inspire wondrous advances in technology.
Author : John F. Dooley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319016283
The science of cryptology is made up of two halves. Cryptography is the study of how to create secure systems for communications. Cryptanalysis is the study of how to break those systems. The conflict between these two halves of cryptology is the story of secret writing. For over 2,000 years, the desire to communicate securely and secretly has resulted in the creation of numerous and increasingly complicated systems to protect one's messages. Yet for every system there is a cryptanalyst creating a new technique to break that system. With the advent of computers the cryptographer seems to finally have the upper hand. New mathematically based cryptographic algorithms that use computers for encryption and decryption are so secure that brute-force techniques seem to be the only way to break them – so far. This work traces the history of the conflict between cryptographer and cryptanalyst, explores in some depth the algorithms created to protect messages, and suggests where the field is going in the future.
Author : David Berlinski
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781400079100
The acclaimed author of A Tour of the Calculus and The Infinite Ascent offers an enlightening and enthralling tour of the basics of mathematics, and reveals a world of fascination in fundamental mathematical ideas. One, Two, Three is David Berlinski’s captivating exploration of the foundation of mathematics, its fundamental ideas, and why they matter. By unraveling the complex answers to these most elementary questions—What is a number? How do addition, subtraction, and other functions actually work? What are geometry and logic?—Berlinski reveals the intricacy behind their seemingly simple exteriors. Peppered with enlightening historical anecdotes and asides on some of history’s most fascinating mathematicians, One, Two, Three, revels in the beauty of numbers as Berlinski shows us how and why these often slippery concepts are as essential to the field of mathematics as to who we are.
Author : John Paul Mueller,Luca Massaron
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781119330493
Discover how algorithms shape and impact our digital world All data, big or small, starts with algorithms. Algorithms are mathematical equations that determine what we see—based on our likes, dislikes, queries, views, interests, relationships, and more—online. They are, in a sense, the electronic gatekeepers to our digital, as well as our physical, world. This book demystifies the subject of algorithms so you can understand how important they are business and scientific decision making. Algorithms for Dummies is a clear and concise primer for everyday people who are interested in algorithms and how they impact our digital lives. Based on the fact that we already live in a world where algorithms are behind most of the technology we use, this book offers eye-opening information on the pervasiveness and importance of this mathematical science—how it plays out in our everyday digestion of news and entertainment, as well as in its influence on our social interactions and consumerism. Readers even learn how to program an algorithm using Python! Become well-versed in the major areas comprising algorithms Examine the incredible history behind algorithms Get familiar with real-world applications of problem-solving procedures Experience hands-on development of an algorithm from start to finish with Python If you have a nagging curiosity about why an ad for that hammock you checked out on Amazon is appearing on your Facebook page, you'll find Algorithm for Dummies to be an enlightening introduction to this integral realm of math, science, and business.