- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd; Revised edition (Oct 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0716782715
- ISBN-13: 978-0716782711
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.3 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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This text provides a broad introduction to the realm of computers. Updated and expanded, "The New Turing Omnibus" offers 66 concise articles on the major points of interest in computer science theory, technology and applications. New for this edition are: 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.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book provides an excellent overview (or review) of theoretical Computer Science. If there are any of you who think that the high end of computer science is another form of mathematics, then this book is for you. If you think that computer science is just programming then maybe you should take a look at this book as well. After reading this book you will have a good overview of the "science" of computer science. I find too often that most of the undergraduate books in computer science tend to focus on the software engineering side of the field. When you finish this book, you will have been exposed to everything from genetic algorithms to Godel's theorem. The book covers advanced topics such as natural language thoery, but still introduces them on an introductory level. This book is still a little tough for those who have only studied programming. However, any computer scince major (or someone with the equivelent exposure to CS) would find this book to be an excellent reference and review of the things he (or she) would have missed or forgotten in their studies. Incidently, the book presents problems (no solutions, what's new) and refrences at the end of each chapter for further study.
The bottom line is this: This book is the closest thing to a hybrid textbook/encylcopedia of computer science. It covers almost every imaginable topic in computer science and should be on every CS major's bookshelf.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a very good introduction to the various disciplines of computer science. The articles are well written and I can certainly recommend this title to any undergrad student to gain basic knowledge of advanced computer science topics.
I would rate it 5 stars if it were a little more up-to-date though. Certain articles and results have really become outdated with current research.
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I bought this book as it was recommended by one of my Computer Science lectureres, but I definitely won't be selling it at the end of the year like most of my others. It covers a huge range of topics in great detail, and serves as a useful reference guide as well as something to read on the way home from university. My only critism is that it sometimes gets too technical for the average undergraduate, but I still think it's a very worthy purchase.
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Excellent, readable summary of Computer Science foundations
An enjoyable read for those with some Computer Science or Engineering background. Overviews of 66 different topics in C.S. Read more
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