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David Harel - Algorithmics - 9783642441356 - V9783642441356
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Algorithmics

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Computer science is the science of the future, and already underlies every facet of business and technology, and much of our everyday lives. In addition, it will play a crucial role in the science the 21st century, which will be dominated by biology and biochemistry, similar to the role of mathematics in the physical sciences of the 20th century.  In this award-winning best-seller, the author and his co-author focus on the fundamentals of computer science, which revolve around the notion of the algorithm. They discuss the design of algorithms, and their efficiency and correctness, the inherent limitations of algorithms and ... Read more

This version of the book is published to celebrate 25 years since its first edition, and in honor of the Alan M. Turing Centennial year. Turing was a true pioneer of computer science, whose work forms the underlying basis of much of this book.

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Product Details

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
574
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
572
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642441356
SKU
V9783642441356
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About David Harel
David Harel has been at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel since 1980. He was Department Head from 1989 to 1995, and was Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science between 1998 and 2004. He was also co-founder of I-Logix, Inc. He received his PhD from MIT in 1978, and has spent time at IBM Yorktown Heights, ... Read more

Reviews for Algorithmics
From the reviews of the third edition: “This book should be on any short list for a central course in computer science. It is designed to provide a uniform background on which all students might draw. It has a good-humored, easy style, which would make any reader unwilling to close the book after opening it anywhere. All computer scientists ... Read more

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