- Paperback: 600 pages
- Publisher: RAND (15 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0833030477
- ISBN-13: 978-0833030474
- Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 20.6 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,460,118 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book was a product of Rand's pioneering work in computing, as well a testament to the patience and persistence of researchers in the early days of Rand.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Wow, I loved this book, a real page turner. It started off kinda slow but the characters have real depth and you soon grow to care and really believe in them. I dont want to give too much away but I especially enjoyed the plot twist at the end, very clever. If you only have time to read one book this year, make sure its this one.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sublime surrealist prose in the vein of Hugo Ball's cut-up poetry and Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons; sadly, like Van Dyke Parks, Rand's work was discarded as meaningless by his contemporaries who preferred sticking to a more formulaic approach.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is surely the most depressing book I have ever read. I am an amateur historian, who has spent many years analysing history and watching it repeat itself... or at least that is what I thought. After reading this book it is obvious that what I perceived to be recurring patterns, were if fact just random events being repeated randomly.
As a result, I no longer read history with the same enthusiasm. On the bright side, this book is a wonderful testament to man's ability to think the unthinkerable. It also questions my sanity that I tried to read it in the first place!
As a result, I no longer read history with the same enthusiasm. On the bright side, this book is a wonderful testament to man's ability to think the unthinkerable. It also questions my sanity that I tried to read it in the first place!
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Don't turn to the last page and spoil the book by finding out the ending. Make sure you read from page 1 and let the tension build.
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This has become my kids' number one bedtime storybook! I'd heard it was a bestseller in the USA, and I can see why. Read more
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So manyh digits, so little time.
I was thrilled from cover to cover. This is a book that you simply gorge yourself on - once you pick it up, ther random digits and the way in which they are arranged will keep you... Read more
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