The Tinkertoy Computer and Other Machinations

by A. K. Dewdney

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Recreations, his column which appeared in Scientific American for more than eight years. He has been an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Western Ontario in Canada since 1968, and is president of Turing Omnibus, Inc. Among his many books on computer science, science and mathematics are Two Hundred Percent of Nothing show more (1993), an effort to expose abuses of math and statistics in everyday life and its companion work, Yes, We Have No Neutrons (1997). Dewdney is also interested in growing and distributing rare native trees, as manifested in his book, Hungry Hollow: The Story of a Natural Place (1998). Hungry Hollow examines the elements of a natural habitat in both time and space. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
The Tinkertoy Computer and Other Machinations
Original title
The Tinkertoy Computer and Other Machinations
Original publication date
1993
First words
The term "machinations" in this book's title refers first to the marvellous machines called computers -- in all their manifestations.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The latticework would emerge, one hopes, from the printer.
Original language
English

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Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
004Computer science, information & general worksComputer science, knowledge & systemsComputer science
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QA76.5 .D458ScienceMathematicsMathematicsInstruments and machinesCalculating machinesElectronic computers. Computer science

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