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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future
The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's ComputersBy John MacCormickNarrated by Quentin Cooper
Length6h 57m
About this audiobook
This audiobook narrated by Quentin Cooper explains the tricks behind nine revolutionary algorithms that power our computers and smartphones
Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact. Without even knowing it, we use public-key cryptography to transmit secret information like credit card numbers, and we use digital signatures to verify the identity of the websites we visit. How do our computers perform these tasks with such ease? John MacCormick answers this question in language anyone can understand, using vivid examples to explain the fundamental tricks behind nine computer algorithms that power our PCs, tablets, and smartphones.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology
Length6 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byQuentin Cooper
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 22, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Anno, Foreword
7Chapter 6 - Pattern Recognition: Learning from Experience
2Chapter 1 - Introduction: What Are the Extraordinary Ideas Computers Use Every Day?
8Chapter 7 - Data Compression: Something for Nothing
3Chapter 2 - Search Engine Indexing: Finding Needles in the World's Biggest Haystack
9Chapter 8 - Databases: The Quest for Consistency
4Chapter 3 - PageRank: The Technology that Launched Google
10Chapter 9 - Digital Signatures: Who Really Wrote This Software?
5Chapter 4 - Public Key Cryptography: Sending Secrets on a Postcard
11Chapter 10 - What Is Computable?
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6Chapter 5 - Error-Correcting Codes: Mistakes That Fix Themselves
12Conclusion: More Genius at Your Fingertips?, Closing Anno
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