The Pattern on the Stone: How Computers Think

by W.Daniel Hillis

Adam Hart-Davis (Narrator)

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Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realise is that the computer's complex operations can be broken down into a few simple parts that perform basic procedures again and again. This audio book offers an easy-to-follow explanation of data processing that makes the operations of a computer seem as simple as those of a bicycle. This is an indispensable guide to understanding how computers work and think.
  • ISBN10 0752839918
  • ISBN13 9780752839912
  • Publish Date 4 December 2000
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 4 May 2010
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Orion Publishing Co
  • Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • Edition Abridged edition
  • Format Audiobook
  • Duration 3 hours
  • Language English