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An edition of Feynman lectures on computation (1996)

Feynman lectures on computation

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From 1983 to 1986, the legendary physicist and teacher Richard Feynman gave a course at Caltech called "Potentialities and Limitations of Computing Machines.".

Although the lectures are over ten years old, most of the material is timeless and presents a "Feynmanesque" overview of many standard and some not-so-standard topics in computer science. These include compatibility, Turing machines (or as Feynman said, "Mr. Turing's machines"), information theory, Shannon's Theorem, reversible computation, the thermodynamics of computation, the quantum limits to computation, and the physics of VLSI devices.

Taken together, these lectures represent a unique exploration of the fundamental limitations of digital computers.

Feynman's philosophy of learning and discovery comes through strongly in these lectures. He constantly points out the benefits of playing around with concepts and working out solutions to problems on your own - before looking at the back of the book for the answers.

As Feynman says in the lectures: "If you keep proving stuff that others have done, getting confidence, increasing the complexities of your solutions - for the fun of it - then one day you'll turn around and discover that nobody actually did that one! And that's the way to become a computer scientist."

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Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Language
English
Pages
303

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Cover of: Feynman Lectures on Computation
Feynman Lectures on Computation
July 2000, Perseus Books Group
Paperback in English
Cover of: Feynman lectures on computation
Feynman lectures on computation
1999, Perseus Books
in English
Cover of: Feynman lectures on computation
Feynman lectures on computation
1996, Addison-Wesley
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Reading, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
004/.01
Library of Congress
QA76 .F45 1996, QA76.F45 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 303 p. :
Number of pages
303

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL987022M
Internet Archive
feynmanlectureso00feyn_731
ISBN 10
0201489910
LCCN
96025127
OCLC/WorldCat
34984151
Library Thing
139176
Goodreads
206378

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