The New Turing Omnibus: Sixty-Six Excursions in Computer Science by A. K. Dewdney, ISBN 0805071660
No other volume provides as broad, as thorough, or as accessible an introduction to the realm of computers as A. K. Dewdney's "The Turing Omnibus."
Updated and expanded, "The Turing Omnibus" offers 66 concise, brilliantly written articles on the major points of interest in computer science theory, technology, and applications. New for this tour: updated information on algorithms, detecting primes, noncomputable functions, and self-replicating computers--plus completely new sections on the Mandelbrot set, genetic algorithms, the Newton-Raphson Method, neural networks that learn, DOS systems for personal computers, and computer viruses.
High Tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom by Clifford Stoll, ISBN 0385489765
The cry for and against computers in the classroom is a topic of concern to parents, educators, and communities everywhere. Now, from a Silicon Valley hero and bestselling technology writer comes a pointed critique of the hype surrounding computers and their real benefits, especially in education. In High-Tech Heretic, Clifford Stoll questions the relentless drumbeat for "computer literacy" by educators and the computer industry, particularly since most people just use computers for word processing and games--and computers become outmoded or obsolete much sooner than new textbooks or a good teacher.
As one who loves computers as much as he disdains the inflated promises made on their behalf, Stoll offers a commonsense look at how we can make a technological world better suited for people, instead of making people better suited to using machines.
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The New Division of Labor: How Computers Are Creating the Next Job Market
Levy and Murnane show how computers are changing the employment landscape and how the right kinds of education can ease the transition to the new job market.
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Brit Volume 1: Old Soldier
Meet the government's last line of defense when it comes to the really messy parts of keeping the world safe... Brit. When super-powered menaces threaten our home soil, send in Brit, a one man killing machine. Indestructible, unstoppable and eligible for a senior citizen's discount.
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Talking Back to the Machine: Computers and Human Aspiration by Peter J. Denning, ISBN 0387984135
From the editors of the renowned "Beyond Calculation", acclaimed by "The New York Times" for its "astonishing intellectual reach", comes a new collection of equal brilliance. Focusing on the impact of computers on humans, "Talking to the Machine" features essays on how computers will affect the ways we live, learn, teach, communicate, and relate to each other in the coming decades.
Talking Back to the Machine: Computers and Human Aspiration by Peter J. Denning, ISBN 0387984135
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