Math Bytes : Google Bombs, Chocolate-Covered Pi, and Other Cool Bits in Computing /

This book provides a fun, hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter kill a movie's opening weekend? How can you use mathematics to find your celebrity look-alike? What is Homer Simp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chartier, Tim P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Course Book
Temas:
Computer science > Popular works.
Mathematics > Popular works.
Mathematics > Data processing > Popular works.
MATHEMATICS / Applied.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Your First Byte
  • 2. Deceiving Arithmetic
  • 3. Two By Two
  • 4. Infinite Detail
  • 5 Plot the Course
  • 6. Doodling Into a Labyrinth
  • 7. Obama-Cize Yourself
  • 8. Painting with M&Ms
  • 9. Distorting Reality
  • 10. A Pretty Mathematical Face
  • 11. March Mathness
  • 12. Ranking a Googol of Bits
  • 13. A Byte to Go
  • 14. Up to the Challenge
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Image Credits

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