Number-crunching : taming unruly computational problems from mathematical physics to science fiction /
How do technicians repair broken communications cables at the bottom of the ocean without actually seeing them? What's the likelihood of plucking a needle out of a haystack the size of the Earth? And is it possible to use computers to create a universal library of everything ever written or eve...
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Language notes: | English. |
Imprint: | Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011. |
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