Out of Their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists
By, Shasha, Dennis
Publisher: Copernicus
Class No.: 004.092 SHA
Accession No.: 003447
Year: 1998
Pages: xi, 291p.

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Imagine being able to ask Newton about falling apples or Euclid about his personal vision of geometry. In Out of Their Minds, readers will hear the Newtons and Euclids of the computer age as they talk about their discoveries in information technology that have changed forever the way we live, work, and think about the world. Out of their Minds introduces readers to fifteen of the planet's foremost computer scientists, including eight winners of the Turing Award, computing's Nobel Prize. The scientists reveal themselves in fascinating anecdotes about their early inspirations and influences, their contributions to computer science, and their thoughts on its explosive future.