Feynman Lectures on Computation
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1997.
Hardcover.
Third Printing.
From 1983 to 1986, physicist and teacher Richard Feynman gave a course at Caltech called “Potentialities and Limitations of Computing Machines.” This work presents an overview of standard and not-so-standard topics in computer science. These include computability, Turing machines, information theory, Shannon’s Theorem, reversible computation, the thermodynamics of computation, the quantum limits to computation, and the physics of VLSI devices. Taken together, these lectures represent a unique exploration of the fundamental limitations of digital computers.
Item #902680ISBN: 0201489910
6-1/8 x 9-3/8", quarter black cloth, black paper over boards, xiv, 303pp, afterword, suggested reading, index, graphic illustrations.
Fine in dust wrapper and protective mylar.
Price: $75.00