The Pattern On The Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work Wendi Pillars ISBN-13: 9780802147981 Publisher: Grove/Atlantic

ISBN-13: 9780802147981 Publisher: Grove/Atlantic

globe-spanning detective story

mining his life for inspiring and practical lessons in a book that’s part biography

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The Pattern On The Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work Wendi Pillars ISBN-13: 9780802147981 Publisher: Grove/AtlanticISBN 13: 9780465066933 Publisher: Basic Books Publication date: 02 10 2015 Edition description: Revised Edition Pages: 192 Sales rank: 317,903 Product dimensions: 5. 40(w) x 8. 20(h) x 0. 70(d) Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realize and what Daniel Hillis's short book brilliantly demonstrates is that computers' seemingly complex operations can be broken down into a few