Feynman lectures on computation

By: Feynman, Richard PContributor(s): Edited by Hey, Tony | Allen, Robin WMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: India: Westview Press, [c2018]Description: xiv, 303 pISBN: 9781138329430LOC classification: QA76
Contents:
1 Introduction to Computers 2 Computer Organization 3 The Theory of Computation 4 Coding and Information Theory 5 Reversible Computation and the Thermodynamics of Computing 6 Quantum Mechanical Computers 7 Quantum Computing 40 Years Later
Summary: The last lecture course that Nobel Prize winner Richard P. Feynman gave to students at Caltech from 1983 to 1986 was not on physics but on computer science. The first edition of the Feynman Lectures on Computation, published in 1996, provided an overview of standard and not-so-standard topics in computer science given in Feynman’s inimitable style. Although now over 20 years old, most of the material is still relevant and interesting, and Feynman’s unique philosophy of learning and discovery shines through.
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1 Introduction to Computers

2 Computer Organization

3 The Theory of Computation

4 Coding and Information Theory

5 Reversible Computation and the Thermodynamics of Computing

6 Quantum Mechanical Computers

7 Quantum Computing 40 Years Later

The last lecture course that Nobel Prize winner Richard P. Feynman gave to students at Caltech from 1983 to 1986 was not on physics but on computer science. The first edition of the Feynman Lectures on Computation, published in 1996, provided an overview of standard and not-so-standard topics in computer science given in Feynman’s inimitable style. Although now over 20 years old, most of the material is still relevant and interesting, and Feynman’s unique philosophy of learning and discovery shines through.

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