{"id":514,"date":"2011-03-31T17:43:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T23:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/?p=514"},"modified":"2011-03-31T17:44:30","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T23:44:30","slug":"book-review-computers-ltd-what-they-really-cant-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/2011\/03\/book-review-computers-ltd-what-they-really-cant-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Computers Ltd: What They Really Can’t Do"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey everybody,
\nI would like to share a book review that I wrote on amazon.com<\/a>.
\nBook: “Computers Ltd.: What They Really Can’t Do (Popular Science)<\/a>\"\"” (2003)
\nAuthor: David Harel<\/p>\n

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Computers Ltd.: What They Really Can't Do <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\n“This book sets the record straight. Computers can’t fix all of the world problems because they’re limited by time and space.<\/p>\n

The author starts off by defining algorithms and how computer programs work. He’s then explores common problems in computer science using a fair amount of algebra and graphs, like NP complete problems, the travelling salesman problem, the Turing test, tower of Hanoi, and etc.<\/p>\n

Restraining from being a complete pessimist, discussions mainly addressing Cryptography are included. Cryptography shows how computational complexity can be used for the greater good, as it’s nearly impossible to break the encryption within a reasonable amount of time for any data encoded in RSA.<\/p>\n

Lastly, the author ends the book with his take on hot areas in computing, such as Quantum Computers, Artificial Intelligence and evolutionary (generic) programming.
\nOverall, I enjoyed this pocket size book and recommend it for those interested in expanding their knowledge in Computer Science.”
-Larry Battle\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey everybody, I would like to share a book review that I wrote on amazon.com. Book: “Computers Ltd.: What They Really Can’t Do (Popular Science)” (2003) Author: David Harel “This book sets the record straight. Computers can’t fix all of the world problems because they’re limited by time and space. The author starts off by … Continue reading Book Review: Computers Ltd: What They Really Can’t Do<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,42,8,12],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-larry-battle","category-life","category-other","category-science","tag-book-review-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":524,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}