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16%OFFEinar Smith - Carl Adam Petri: Life and Science - 9783662480922 - V9783662480922
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Carl Adam Petri: Life and Science

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Description for Carl Adam Petri: Life and Science Hardcover. Translator(s): Denvir, Tim. Num Pages: 128 pages, 74 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PB; U; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 275 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
The book presents the life and works of one of Germany's most famous computer scientists, Carl Adam Petri. It is written in a vivid and entertaining manner, providing an in-depth discussion of the background behind Petri's best-known contribution to computer science, the Petri net. In this way the book can be read as a first introduction to nets, but it also covers the theoretical, physical and philosophical foundations behind nets, thus facilitating a comprehensive understanding of the wider range of Petri's works. The book is intended for readers with a previous knowledge in computer science, as well as for ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
358g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783662480922
SKU
V9783662480922
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About Einar Smith
Einar Smith Graduation in mathematics and computer science, University of Bonn; social economy, University of Oslo. PhD dissertation in computer science 1989, University of Hamburg. From 1984 affiliated with the Gesellschaft fur Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD, German National Center for Mathematics and Computer Science), later Fraunhofer Insitute, Sankt Augustin near Bonn, research field Petri nets. From 1989 lecture activities ... Read more

Reviews for Carl Adam Petri: Life and Science
The book can be considered as both an emotional and exciting novel ... . It was a great honor and quite a privilege for me to have had the opportunity to meet Petri several times during my career, and it would be great if many people who did not have that opportunity could now get to know him by reading ... Read more

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