Computer science: notable research and discoveries
Over the past 30 years, many people have proclaimed the imminent arrival of the paperless office. Yet even the World Wide Web, which allows almost any computer to read and display another computer's documents, has increased the amount of printing done. The use of e-mail in an or…
Presents an introduction to experimental mathematics. This title covers a variety of topics and examples to give the reader a sense of the state of play in the field of experimental mathematics. It features explanations that are enhanced by relevant historical facts and stories …
In a lab at the Stanford Research Institute in the 1960s, Douglas Engelbart, along with a small team of researchers, developed the cornerstones of personal computing as we know it: the mouse, the windowed user interface, hypertext, and networking. Now, all these technologies are…