Digitized: The Science Of Computers And How It Shapes Our World Science Of Computers And How It Shapes Our World

There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life, a science so powerful that you would be hard-pressed to find a single human being on the planet unaffected by its achievements. It is the science behind computers, the machines which drive the supply and creation of power, food, medicine, money, communication, entertainment, and most goods our stores. It has transformed societies with the Internet, the digitization of information, mobile phone networks, and GPS technologies. Written in friendly and approachable language, Digitized provides a window onto the mysterious field from which all computer technology originates, making the theory and practice of computation understandable to the general reader. This popular science book explains how and why computers were invented, how they work, and what will happen in the future. Written by a leading computer scientist, Peter J. Bentley, it tells this fascinating story using the voices of pioneers and leading experts interviewed for the book, in effect throwing open the doors of the most cutting-edge computer laboratories. Bentley explores how this young discipline grew from the early work by pioneers such as Turing, through its growth spurts in the Internet, its difficult adolescent stage where the promises of AI were never achieved and dot-com bubble burst, to its current stage as a semi-mature field, capable of remarkable achievements. Packed with real-world examples, Digitized is the only book to explain the origins and key advances in all areas of computing: theory, hardware, software, Internet, user interfaces, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. If you have an interest in computers--whether you work with them, use them for fun, or are being taught about them in school--this book will provide an entertaining introduction to the science that's changing the world. Peter J. Bentley Tells The Story Of Computer Science, Explaining How And Why Computers Were Invented, How They Work, Looking At Real-world Examples Of Computers In Use, And Considering What Will Happen In The Future. Computers Uncovered -- The Science Of Computers -- Can You Compute? -- Understanding The Impossible -- Turing's Unstoppable Machines -- Turing's Legacy -- Complexity Is Simple -- Does P = Np? -- Oracles And Other Complexities -- Theoretical Futures -- Disposable Computing --thinking Logically -- Building Brains -- Anatomy Of A Digital Brain -- The End Of The Beginning -- The Law Of Moore -- The Future Is Many -- Beyond Von Neumann -- Your Life In Binary Digits -- Learning To Program Computers -- Climbing Higher -- Bases For Data -- Software Crisis -- Virtual Futures -- Monkeys With World-spanning Voices -- Diverse Connections -- Inter-networking -- Addressing For Success -- Spinning Webs Over Networks -- Weaving Tangled Webs -- Webs Of Deceit -- Digital Lives -- My Computer Made Me Cry -- The Birth Of Friendly Computing -- Seeing With New Eyes -- Photos And Chicken Wire -- Waking Dreams -- It's Not What You Do But The Way That You Do It -- My Pet Computer -- Human Computer Integration -- Building Bionic Brains -- Teaching Computers How To Play -- The Birth Of Intelligence -- The Seasons Of Ai -- Intelligence From Feet To Head -- Adaptation By Natural Selection -- Learning To Learn, Predicting The Predictors -- Complex Futures -- A Computer Changed My Life -- Computer Creativity -- Computational Biology -- Computer Medicine -- Computer Detectives. Peter J. Bentley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 263-283) And Index. In this book the author tells the story of computer science, explaining how and why computers were invented, how they work, looking at real-world examples of computers in use, and considering what will happen in the future. There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life. You are fluent in its terminology of email, WiFi, social networking, and encryption. You use its results when you make a telephone call, access the Internet, use any factory-produced product, or travel in any modern car. The discipline is so new that some prefer to call it a branch of engineering or mathematics. But it is so powerful and world-changing that you would be hard-pressed to find a single human being on the planet unaffected by its achievements. The science of computers enables the supply and creation of power, food, water, medicine, transport, money, communication, entertainment, and most goods in shops. It has transformed societies with the Internet, the digitization of information, mobile phone networks and GPS (Global Positioning System) technologies. Here, the author explores how this young discipline grew from its theoretical conception by pioneers such as Turing, through its growth spurts in the Internet, its difficult adolescent stage where the promises of Artificial Intelligence (AI) were never achieved and dot-com bubble burst, to its current stage as a (semi)mature field, now capable of remarkable achievements. Charting the successes and failures of computer science through the years, he discusses what innovations may change our world in the future. There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life. You are fluent in its terminology of email, WiFi, social networking, and encryption. You use its results when you make a telephone call, access the Internet, use any factory-produced product, or travel in any modern car. The discipline is so new that some prefer to call it a branch of engineering or mathematics. But it is so powerful and world-changing that you would be hard-pressed to find a single human being on the planet unaffected by its achievements. The science of computers enables the supply and creation of power, food, water, medicine, transport, money, communication, entertainment, and most goods in shops. It has transformed societies with the Internet, the digitization of information, mobile phone networks and GPS technologies. Here, Peter J. Bentley explores how this young discipline grew from its theoretical conception by pioneers such as Turing, through its growth spurts in the Internet, its difficult adolescent stage where the promises of AI were never achieved and dot-com bubble burst, to its current stage as a (semi)mature field, now capable of remarkable achievements. Charting the successes and failures of computer science through the years, Bentley discusses what innovations may change our world in the future. This Book Constitutes The Refereed Proceedings Of The International Conference On The Theory And Applications Of Cryptographic Techniques, Eurocrypt 2003, Held In Warsaw, Poland In May 2003. The 37 Revised Full Papers Presented Together With Two Invited Papers Were Carefully Reviewed And Selected From 156 Submissions. The Papers Are Organized In Topical Sections On Cryptanalysis, Secure Multi-party Communication, Zero-knowledge Protocols, Foundations And Complexity-theoretic Security, Public Key Encryption, New Primitives, Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Digital Signatures, Information-theoretic Cryptography, And Group Signatures. -Covers the whole of computer science - from maths to engineering to social sciences - to understand how all aspects of computing are related -Tells the story of computers through interview of past pioneers and current researchers -Explains even the most complicated aspects of computer science in easy-to-read language -Provides not only the historical context and motivation behind past discoveries, but also explains the cutting edge research from the laboratory and considers the future of computers "[The author] explores how [computer science] grew from its theoretical conception by pioneers such as Turing, through its growth spurts in the Internet, its difficult adolescent stage where the promises of AI were never achieved and dot-com bubble burst, to its current stage as a (semi)mature field, now capable of remarkable achievements."--Publisher's description Everyone uses computers today. But what do you really know about them? Using the voices of pioneers and leading experts, Peter J. Bentley tells the story of computer science; explaining how and why computers were invented, how they work, looking at real-world examples of computers in use, and considering what will happen in the future. Introduction 1. Can you compute? 2. Disposable computing 3. Your life in binary digits 4. Monkeys with world-spanning voices 5. My computer made me cry 6. Building bionic brains 7. A computer saved my life