| Description |
xi, 291 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-278) and index. |
| Contents |
John Backus : a restless inventor -- John McCarthy : the uncommon logician of common sense -- Alan C. Kay : a clear romantic vision -- Edsger W. Dijkstra : appalling prose and the shortest path -- Michael O. Rabin : the possibilities of chance -- Donald E. Knuth : boundless interests, a common thread -- Robert E. Tarjan : in search of good structure -- Leslie Lamport : of time, space, and computation -- Stephen Cook and Leonid Levin : a good solution is hard to find -- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. : a delight in making things work -- Burton J. Smith : racing with the speed of light -- W. Daniels Hillis : the biological connection -- Edward A. Feigenbaum : the power of knowledge -- Douglas B. Lenat : a twenty-year bet. |
| Subject |
Computer scientists -- Biography
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Computers -- History.
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| Added Author |
Lazere, Cathy A.
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| ISBN |
0387979921 (acid-free) |
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