The Most Complex Machine : A Survey of Computers and Computing

This introduction to computers presents the fundamental ideas and principles on which modern computers are built. While used as a text for courses in computer appreciation as well as introductions to computer science, the book has found a wide audience among computer users who wish to understand the basis of the machines that form and transform our society. What Computers Do - Teaching Silicon to Compute - Building a Computer -+Theoretical Computers - Real Computers - Programming - Subroutines and Recursion - Real Programming Languages - Applications - Cooperating Computers - Graphics - Artificial Intelligence - Answers - The text is supplemented by a web site that gives access to other problems and projects.