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Numbers and Computers
Ronald T. Kneusel
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Description for Numbers and Computers
Hardback. Num Pages: 346 pages, 56 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: UMB; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
This is a book about numbers and how those numbers are represented in and operated on by computers. It is crucial that developers understand this area because the numerical operations allowed by computers, and the limitations of those operations, especially in the area of floating point math, affect virtually everything people try to do with computers. This book aims to fill this gap by exploring, in sufficient but not overwhelming detail, just what it is that computers do with numbers. Divided into two parts, the first deals with standard representations of ... Read more
This is a book about numbers and how those numbers are represented in and operated on by computers. It is crucial that developers understand this area because the numerical operations allowed by computers, and the limitations of those operations, especially in the area of floating point math, affect virtually everything people try to do with computers. This book aims to fill this gap by exploring, in sufficient but not overwhelming detail, just what it is that computers do with numbers. Divided into two parts, the first deals with standard representations of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
726g
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319505077
SKU
V9783319505077
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Ref
99-15
About Ronald T. Kneusel
Dr. Ronald T. Kneusel is a Senior Data Scientist with Harris Corportation. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in machine learning, and his M.S. in Physics from Michigan State University. His background includes work in breast cancer research and early functional MRI (Medical College of Wisconsin) through medical device development (MR, CT, US) ... Read more
Reviews for Numbers and Computers
Kneusel offers a book for all these audiences, and for anyone who would like to delve deeper into this branch of technology. ... This book should be an excellent resource in the classroom. It can serve as a good reference for future use and can also be used very profitably for self-study. (Edgar R. Chavez, Computing Reviews, May, 2018) ... Read more