| Gems of Theoretical Computer Science Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Schöning, Uwe (Author), Pruim, R. (Translator), Pruim, Randall J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3642643523 ISBN-13: 9783642643521 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Computer Science - Computers | Machine Theory - Computers | Information Theory |
| Dewey: 004.015 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.04 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: While I was visiting Boston University during the 1996-97 academic year, I noticed a small book, written in German, on a shelf in Steve Homer's office. Curious, I borrowed it for my train ride home and began reading one of the chapters. I liked the style and format of the book so much that over the course of the next few months I frequently found myself reaching for it and working through one chapter or another. This was my introduction to Peden der Theoretischen Informatik. A few of my colleagues had also seen the book. They also found it inter- esting, but most of them did not read German well enough to read more than small portions of it enjoyably. I hope that the English version will rectify this situation, and that many will enjoy (and learn from) the English version as much as I enjoyed the German version. The front matter of this book says that it has been "translated, revised, and expanded." I should perhaps say a few words about each of these tasks. In translating the book, I have tried as much as possible to retain the feel of the original, which is somewhat less formal and impersonal than a typical text book yet relatively concise. I certainly hope that the "pleasure of the pursuit of understanding" has not gotten lost in the translation. |