Category - "General and Popular Science"

The 2006 Physics Education Research Conference brought together researchers studying a wide variety of topics in physics education. These included transfer of knowledge, learning in upper level physics courses, pre-service education, and cross-disciplinary learning. The theme of this conference was "Discipline-Based Education Research in Other STEM Disciplines." All papers were peer reviewed.

This comprehensive book provides an introduction into the key topics in the history of computing in an easy-to-follow and concise manner. It does not require studies in computer science in order to be understood and appreciated. The book covers significant areas and events in the field from the beginnings of computation in 3000B.C. through to the present day. The author offers detailed information on major figures in computing, such as Boole, Babbage, Shannon, Turing and Von Neumann, and it includes a history of programming languages, including syntax and semantics. Helpful pedagogical elements such as exercises and chapter summaries are included. Focusing on the fundamental areas in the computing field, this clearly written and broad-ranging text will catch the attention and greatly benefit computer science students.

Praise for the first edition. . .



"A must–have volume for rock and fossil collectors, naturalists, and travelers. . . ideal for the nature enthusiast with little or no background in geology.

Praise for A.K. Dewdney Yes, We Have No Neutrons "We need more books like this–especially if they′re this much fun to read. " –Wired "Dewdney manages to make this catalog of error entertaining as well as instructive; good medicine for both skeptics and true believers.