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  • The Pattern On The Stone

    The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work

    by W. Daniel Hillis ...
    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 simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over again. Computer wizard Hillis offers an easy-to-follow explanation of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Pattern on The Stone

    The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work

    by W. Daniel Hillis ...
    Narrated by Lewis Arlt ...
    Series series Science Masters

    Unabridged

    4 hours 39 min

    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 simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over again. Computer wizard Hillis offers an easy-to-follow explanation of how ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Other Minds

    The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

    by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 1 min

    Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness in Other MindsAlthough mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. In ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Simulation of Digital Communication Systems Using Matlab

    by Mathuranathan Viswanathan ...
    Are you interested in simulation of communication systems in Matlab and do not know where to start? If so, your search for a good text ends here. Some of the simulation topics include various digital modulation and channel coding techniques, OFDM, fading channels, random distributions .Essential topics in digital communication are also introduced to foster better understanding of simulation ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Art of Computer Programming, The

    Sorting and Searching, Volume 3

    by Donald Knuth ...
    The bible of all fundamental algorithms and the work that taught many of today's software developers most of what they know about computer programming.–Byte, September 1995I can't begin to tell you how many pleasurable hours of study and recreation they have afforded me! I have pored over them in cars, restaurants, at work, at home... and even at a Little League game when my son wasn't in the line ... Read more

    $68.39 USD

  • Digital Modulations using Matlab

    by Mathuranathan Viswanathan ...
    Digital Modulations using Matlab is a learner-friendly, practical and example driven book, that gives you a solid background in building simulation models for digital modulation systems in Matlab. This book, an essential guide for understanding the implementation aspects of a digital modulation system, shows how to simulate and model a digital modulation system from scratch. The implemented ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Introduction to Data Compression

    by Khalid Sayood ...
    Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems
    Introduction to Data Compression, Third Edition, is a concise and comprehensive guide to data compression. This book introduces the reader to the theory underlying today's compression techniques with detailed instruction for their applications using several examples to explain the concepts. Encompassing the entire field of data compression, it covers lossless and lossy compression, Huffman coding, ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Power Of Computational Thinking, The: Games, Magic And Puzzles To Help You Become A Computational Thinker

    by Paul Curzon, Peter William Mcowan ...
    From the team behind Computer Science for Fun (cs4fn), The Power of Computational Thinking shows that learning to think can be fascinating fun.Yes, and this book shows you how.Computational thinking has changed the way we all live, work and play. It has changed the way science is done too; won wars, created whole new industries and saved lives. It is at the heart of computer programming and is a ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Hands-On Mathematics for Deep Learning

    Build a solid mathematical foundation for training efficient deep neural networks

    by Jay Dawani ...
    A comprehensive guide to getting well-versed with the mathematical techniques for building modern deep learning architecturesKey FeaturesUnderstand linear algebra, calculus, gradient algorithms, and other concepts essential for training deep neural networksLearn the mathematical concepts needed to understand how deep learning models functionUse deep learning for solving problems related to vision, ... Read more

    $27.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Student's Guide to Coding and Information Theory

    by Stefan M. Moser, Po-Ning Chen ...
    This easy-to-read guide provides a concise introduction to the engineering background of modern communication systems, from mobile phones to data compression and storage. Background mathematics and specific engineering techniques are kept to a minimum so that only a basic knowledge of high-school mathematics is needed to understand the material covered. The authors begin with many practical ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing

    A Practical Approach with Examples in Matlab

    by Chris Solomon, Toby Breckon ...
    This is an introductory to intermediate level text on the science of image processing, which employs the Matlab programming language to illustrate some of the elementary, key concepts in modern image processing and pattern recognition. The approach taken is essentially practical and the book offers a framework within which the concepts can be understood by a series of well chosen examples, ... Read more

    $86.00 USD

  • Cryptography Demystified

    by John Hershey ...
    Series series Demystified
    AN UNCONVENTIONAL, FUN WAY TO MASTER THE BASICS OF CRYPTOGRAPHYCryptography is not just for specialists. Now every wireless message, wireless phone call, online transaction, and email is encrypted at one end and decrypted at the other. “Crypto” is part of the job description for network designers, network engineers, and telecom developers. If you need cryptography basics—but dread the thick tomes ... Read more

    $38.89 USD