Digitized: The science of computers and how it shapes our world

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Peter J. Bentley (Honorary Reader, Department of Computer Science, University College London)

Digitized

The science of computers and how it shapes our world

Peter J. Bentley (Honorary Reader, Department of Computer Science, University College London)

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Oxford University Press
03 April 2012

Mathematics & Sciences; Computing: general; Computer science

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.

By: Peter J. Bentley (Honorary Reader Department of Computer Science University College London)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 220mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780199693795
ISBN 10: 019969379X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 April 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for Digitized: The science of computers and how it shapes our world

A richly interesting survey of computer science Steven Poole, The Guardian Computer science has become so pervasive in modern life that it can seem invisible or be taken for granted; Bentley succeeds in bringing this hidden world to light. Library Journal Anyone looking for a neat illustration of how technology has infiltrated our everyday lives need look no further than the first few pages of Digitized Engineering and Technology Magazine An entertaining and informative popular science study of computer science. New York Journal of Books