Feynman Lectures on Computation
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The famous physicist's timeless lectures on the promise and limitations of computers
When, in 1984-86, Richard P. Feynman gave his famous course on computation at the California Institute of Technology, he asked Tony Hey to adapt his lecture notes into a book. Although led by Feynman, the course also featured, as occasional guest speakers, some of the most brilliant men in science at that time, including Marvin Minsky, Charles Bennett, and John Hopfield. Although the lectures are now thirteen years old, most of the material is timeless and presents a "Feynmanesque" overview of many standard and some not-so-standard topics in computer science such as reversible logic gates and quantum computers.
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From 1983 to 1986, the legendary physicist and teacher Richard Feynman gave a course at Caltech called Potentialities and Limitations of Computing Machines. Here are some of his lectures from that course. DLC: Electronic data processing.
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Feynman Lectures on Computation
Feynman Lectures on Computation,Richard Phillips Feynman,Robin W. Allen,Richard P. Feynman,Tony Hey,Perseus Books Group,0738202967,Computer Books: General,Computers,Computers - General Information,Discrete Mathematics,Information Theory,Machine Theory,Philosophy & Social Aspects,Physics,Theory Of Computing
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