Poems that solve puzzles : the history and science of algorithms [electronic resource] / Chris Bleakley.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Oxford Scholarship OnlinePublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First Edition published in 2020Description: 1 online resource (x, 271 pages) ; illustrations, maps, charts, photographsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191888168 (eISBN)Subject(s): Algorithms | Algorithms -- HistoryAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleLOC classification: QA9.58 .B54 2020Online resources: e-book Full-text access Summary: 'Poems that Solve Puzzles' is the biography of an idea. The idea that algorithms - sequences of simple step-by-step instructions - can solve the most complex problems. It traces this idea from the earliest algorithms etched on clay tablets 4,000 years ago to the most recent discoveries in artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-258 ) and index (pages 260-271).
This edition also issued in print: 2020.
'Poems that Solve Puzzles' is the biography of an idea. The idea that algorithms - sequences of simple step-by-step instructions - can solve the most complex problems. It traces this idea from the earliest algorithms etched on clay tablets 4,000 years ago to the most recent discoveries in artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 15, 2020).