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Author : Clifford Stoll
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (952 download)
Download or read book The Curious History of the First Pocket Calculator written by Clifford Stoll and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keith Houston
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393882152
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (938 download)
Download or read book Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator written by Keith Houston and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hidden history of the pocket calculator—a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, and went with us to the moon—and the mathematicians, designers, and inventors who brought it to life. Starting with hands, abacus, and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. Pocket-sized calculators ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, took us to the bottom of the ocean, and accompanied us to the moon. The pocket calculator changed our world, until it was supplanted by more modern devices that, in a cruel twist of irony, it helped to create. The calculator is dead; long live the calculator. In this witty mathematic and social history, Keith Houston transports readers from the nascent economies of the ancient world to World War II, where a Jewish engineer calculated for his life at Buchenwald, and into the technological arms race that led to the first affordable electronic pocket calculators. At every turn, Houston is a scholarly, affable guide to this global history of invention. Empire of the Sum will appeal to math lovers, history buffs, and anyone seeking to understand our trajectory to the computer age.
Author : Phillip G. Clampitt
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412974690
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Transforming Leaders Into Progress Makers written by Phillip G. Clampitt and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By using a research-driven model, discussing compelling cases from leading companies, and presenting seven actionable ideas to make progress, the book blends scholarly research and actionable strategies to empower readers to decide what issues to focus on and in what direction to lead.
Author : Gary Genosko
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554588995
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)
Download or read book When Technocultures Collide written by Gary Genosko and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Technocultures Collide provides rich and diverse studies of collision courses between technologically inspired subcultures and the corporate and governmental entities they seek to undermine. The adventures and exploits of computer hackers, phone phreaks, urban explorers, calculator and computer collectors, “CrackBerry” users, whistle-blowers, Yippies, zinsters, roulette cheats, chess geeks, and a range of losers and tinkerers feature prominently in this volume. Gary Genosko analyzes these practices for their remarkable diversity and their innovation and leaps of imagination. He assesses the results of a number of operations, including the Canadian stories of Mafiaboy, Jeff Chapman of Infiltration, and BlackBerry users. The author provides critical accounts of highly specialized attributes, such as the prospects of deterritorialized computer mice and big toe computing, the role of electrical grid hacks in urban technopolitics, and whether info-addiction and depression contribute to tactical resistance. Beyond resistance, however, the goal of this work is to find examples of technocultural autonomy in the minor and marginal cultural productions of small cultures, ethico-poetic diversions, and sustainable withdrawals with genuine therapeutic potential to surpass accumulation, debt, and competition. The dangers and joys of these struggles for autonomy are underlined in studies of RIM’s BlackBerry and Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks website.
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Total Pages : 332 pages
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Total Pages : 1448 pages
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Total Pages : 420 pages
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Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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Author : Ian Sinclair
Publisher : Newnes
ISBN 13 : 0080971113
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Electronics Simplified written by Ian Sinclair and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electronics Simplified, Third Edition, discusses the aims and methods of electronics, with emphasis on digital electronics and software options. It covers the latest developments in electronics, including Blu-ray, digital TV and radio, HD and 3D TV, robotic systems, radar, cellular phones, GPS, and microcomputers. Organized into 17 chapters, the book introduces the reader to every aspect of electronics from fundamentals to applications, with minimal mathematics required. It provides an overview of electricity, waves, and pulses and how a steady voltage is generated, along with power, alternating voltage, and AC and DC transmission. The information on microcomputers has been greatly expanded, while information on analog fundamentals has been retained. It also discusses passive components such as transformers, resistors and capacitors, inductors, transformers, resonance, and diodes; active components and integrated circuits, particularly what a transistor is and what it does; how traditional radio works; elements of television, including color television; digital television and radio broadcasting; and digital signals and digital recording. Finally, the principles of CD recording are explained, along with the basics of microprocessors, calculators, computers, and computer peripherals. This book is essential reading for hobbyists, technicians, professionals, and students. It is suitable for anyone taking a qualification course in electronics, or for those who want to know more about the digital revolution. Explains electronics from fundamentals to applications – No other book has such breadth of coverage Approachable, clear writing style, with minimal math – No previous knowledge of electronics required! Now fully revised and updated to include coverage of the latest developments in electronics: Blu-ray, HD, 3-D TV, digital TV and radio, miniature computers, robotic systems and more.
Author : Behrooz Parhami
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Computer Arithmetic written by Behrooz Parhami and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for graduate and senior undergraduate courses in computer arithmetic and advanced digital design, Computer Arithmetic: Algorithms and Hardware Designs, Second Edition, provides a balanced, comprehensive treatment of computer arithmetic. It covers topics in arithmetic unit design and circuit implementation that complement the architectural and algorithmic speedup techniques used in high-performance computer architecture and parallel processing. Using a unified and consistent framework, the text begins with number representation and proceeds through basic arithmetic operations, floating-point arithmetic, and function evaluation methods. Later chapters cover broad design and implementation topics-including techniques for high-throughput, low-power, fault-tolerant, and reconfigurable arithmetic. An appendix provides a historical view of the field and speculates on its future. An indispensable resource for instruction, professional development, and research, Computer Arithmetic: Algorithms and Hardware Designs, Second Edition, combines broad coverage of the underlying theories of computer arithmetic with numerous examples of practical designs, worked-out examples, and a large collection of meaningful problems. This second edition includes a new chapter on reconfigurable arithmetic, in order to address the fact that arithmetic functions are increasingly being implemented on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and FPGA-like configurable devices. Updated and thoroughly revised, the book offers new and expanded coverage of saturating adders and multipliers, truncated multipliers, fused multiply-add units, overlapped quotient digit selection, bipartite and multipartite tables, reversible logic, dot notation, modular arithmetic, Montgomery modular reduction, division by constants, IEEE floating-point standard formats, and interval arithmetic.
Author : R. J. Goult
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780702210471
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Pocket Calculator Pocket Book written by R. J. Goult and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Lewis
Publisher : Edc Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780860206347
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (63 download)
Download or read book The Usborne Pocket Calculator Book written by John Lewis and published by Edc Pub. This book was released on 1982 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Art Knoebel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387330615
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Mathematical Masterpieces written by Art Knoebel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-14 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for juniors and seniors majoring in mathematics, as well as anyone pursuing independent study, this book traces the historical development of four different mathematical concepts by presenting readers with the original sources. Each chapter showcases a masterpiece of mathematical achievement, anchored to a sequence of selected primary sources. The authors examine the interplay between the discrete and continuous, with a focus on sums of powers. They then delineate the development of algorithms by Newton, Simpson and Smale. Next they explore our modern understanding of curvature, and finally they look at the properties of prime numbers. The book includes exercises, numerous photographs, and an annotated bibliography.
Author : William Gibson
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141904461
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Pattern Recognition written by William Gibson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-06-24 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Part-detective story, part-cultural snapshot . . . all bound by Gibson's pin-sharp prose' Arena -------------- THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BLUE ANT TRILIOGY - READ ZERO HISTORY AND SPOOK COUNTRY FOR MORE Cayce Pollard has a new job. She's been offered a special project: track down the makers of an addictive online film that's lighting up the internet. Hunting the source will take her to Tokyo and Moscow and put her in the sights of Japanese hackers and Russian Mafia. She's up against those who want to control the film, to own it - who figure breaking the law is just another business strategy. The kind of people who relish turning the hunter into the hunted . . . A gripping spy thriller by William Gibson, bestselling author of Neuromancer. Part prophesy, part satire, Pattern Recognition skewers the absurdity of modern life with the lightest and most engaging of touches. Readers of Neal Stephenson, Ray Bradbury and Iain M. Banks won't be able to put this book down. -------------- 'Fast, witty and cleverly politicized' Guardian 'A big novel, full of bold ideas . . . races along like an expert thriller' GQ 'Dangerously hip. Its dialogue and characterization will amaze you. A wonderfully detailed, reckless journey of espionage and lies' USA Today 'A compelling, humane story with a sympathetic heroine searching for meaning and consolation in a post-everything world' Daily Telegraph 'Electric, profound. Gibson's descriptions of Tokyo, Russia and London are surreally spot-on' Financial Times
Author : Stephen L. Sass
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1628721731
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)
Download or read book The Substance of Civilization written by Stephen L. Sass and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of human civilization can be read most deeply in the materials we have found or created, used or abused. They have dictated how we build, eat, communicate, wage war, create art, travel, and worship. Some, such as stone, iron, and bronze, lend their names to the ages. Others, such as gold, silver, and diamond, contributed to the rise and fall of great empires. How would history have unfolded without glass, paper, steel, cement, or gunpowder? The impulse to master the properties of our material world and to invent new substances has remained unchanged from the dawn of time; it has guided and shaped the course of history. Sass shows us how substances and civilizations have evolved together. In antiquity, iron was considered more precious than gold. The celluloid used in movie film had its origins in the search for a substitute for ivory billiard balls. The same clay used in the pottery of antiquity has its uses in today’s computer chips. Moving from the Stone Age to the Age of Silicon, from the days of prehistoric survival to the cutting edge of nanotechnology, this fascinating and accessible book connects the worlds of minerals and molecules to the sweep of human history, and shows what materials will dominate the century ahead.
Author : John Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780727017192
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (171 download)
Download or read book The Usborne Pocket Calculator Book written by John Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Helen Sheumaker
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812240146
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Love Entwined written by Helen Sheumaker and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a wide array of evidence drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, letters, and examples of hairwork, Love Entwined traces the widespread popularity of the craft from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century.
