The Code Monster Manual - Escape From Number Hell
Kevin Focke
Verlag: Publishdrive
Beschreibung
Computer fundamentals, the book I wish I had. The creative glue for intermediate-level programming concepts. Improve your programming versatility by learning the nuances of numbers & their representations. Not a math wizard? No problem! --- Computers are monsters because they think different than us. We will learn: - What the monsters look like. - How you can prevent the 125 million dollar mistake that caused the NASA Climate Orbitor to crash, and how Tony Hoare made a billion dollar mistake. - How do emojis, text, and everything else in your computer work by interpreting numbers differently? - Where and how are numbers stored and accessed? - How can we stop thinking about numbers by using abstraction? Alternative book title: Gödel, Escher, Nah: How To Think Less About Numbers, Phenomenology, Data & Reality.
