Digitized: The Science of Computers and How It Shapes Our World

by Peter J. Bentley

Book Overview

There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life. You are fluent in its terminology of email, WiFi, social networking, and encryption. You use its results when you make a telephone call, access the Internet, use any factory-produced product, or travel in any modern car.

The discipline is so new that some prefer to call it a branch of engineering or mathematics. But it is so powerful and world-changing that you would be hard-pressed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199678766
• ISBN13: 9780199678761
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.6"