9 Algorithms That Changed the Future
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| Author | John MacCormick |
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| Subject | Algorithm |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Publication date | 2012 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 232 |
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9 Algorithms that Changed the Future is a 2012 book by John MacCormick on algorithms. The book seeks to explain commonly encountered computer algorithms to a layman audience.
Summary
[edit | edit source]The chapters in the book each cover an algorithm.
- Search engine indexing
- PageRank
- Public-key cryptography
- Forward error correction
- Pattern recognition
- Data compression
- Database
- Digital signature
Response
[edit | edit source]One reviewer said the book is written in a clear and simple style.[1]
A reviewer for New York Journal of Books suggested that this book would be a good complement to an introductory college-level computer science course.[2]
Another reviewer called the book "a valuable addition to the popular computing literature".[3]
2020 edition
[edit | edit source]The book has been re-released by Princeton University Press in 2020.[4][5]
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