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Index
Coverpage
Half title page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Preface
A quick tour through the book
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Blog entry from Jonathan Hey
1 Beginnings of a revolution
2 The hardware
3 The software is in the holes
4 Programming languages and software engineering
5 Algorithmics
6 Mr. Turing’s amazing machines
7 Moore’s law and the silicon revolution
8 Computing gets personal
9 Computer games
10 Licklider’s Intergalactic Computer Network
11 Weaving the World Wide Web
12 The dark side of the web
13 Artificial intelligence and neural networks
14 Machine learning and natural language processing
15 The end of Moore’s law
16 The third age of computing
17 Computers and science fiction – an essay
Epilogue: From Turing’s padlocked mug to the present day
Appendix 1. Length scales
Appendix 2. Computer science research and the information technology industry
How to read this book
Notes
Suggested reading
Figure credits
Name index
General index
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