Author : Dennis Elliott Shasha
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486296159
Join math detective in solving nearly 40 puzzles inspired by methods in computer science and mathematics. The Tower of Lego, Odd Doors Problem, Spies and Double Agents, many more. Solutions.
Author : Dennis E. Shasha
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 26,42 MB
Release : 2005-01-17
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0393349993
Hours of recreational reckoning. Collected and enhanced from Dennis Shasha's popular Scientific American column, here are thirty-six of the most innovative and emotive mathematical puzzles ever to appear in its pages. Edgy, challenging and representing the ultimate in recreational mathematical games, Puzzling Adventures dares the reader to work out the logic underlying venture fund investments, escape a Minotaur, catch a polar bear, play power politics, work out if a witness is lying, spy on contraband traders and verify DNA. An encrypted set of stories and commentary float above the puzzles. They need decrypting to discover their hints. The hints lead to a surprise—if the reader can work them out.
Author : Dennis Shasha
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 21,79 MB
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486169316
DIVThe heroic Dr. Ecco uncovers a fiendish plot in this collection of original puzzles inspired by research methods of computer science and mathematics. No sophisticated mathematical background necessary. Solutions. /div
Author : Dennis Elliott Shasha
Publisher : W H Freeman & Company
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 20,64 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Mathematical recreations.
ISBN : 9780716723141
Follows detective Dr. Ecco through a series of logic and mathematical problems
Author : Dennis Shasha
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 20,51 MB
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486435527
The heroic Dr. Ecco uncovers a fiendish plot in this collection of original puzzles inspired by research methods of computer science and mathematics. No sophisticated mathematical background necessary. Solutions.
Author : Dennis E. Shasha
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 22,91 MB
Release : 2004-02-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0393349985
"Dennis Shasha is the absolute best puzzle writer alive."—David Gelernter, professor of computer science, Yale University In the tradition of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Ecco is one of the greatest sleuths of our time, a mathematical wizard who uses logic and computer programming to solve crimes, find treasures, and explore space. Join his team, expand the frontiers of your knowledge, and match wits with him on intriguing cases like "The Virus from the Spy" and "The Secrets of Space" and "The Caribou and the Gas." The puzzles collected here require no formal background beyond arithmetic and elementary algebra—just lively curiosity and keen intelligence. With thirty-six illustrated cases organized around eight major mathematical themes (from Combinatorial Geometry and Geography to Ciphers and Secrecy) this book will encourage you to use your mind and your computer in ways you never previously imagined.
Author : Andy Liu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,48 MB
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 3319568116
This book describes projects in a Mathematical “Circle,” i.e., an organization that discovers and nurtures young mathematical talents through meaningful extra-curricular activities. This is the second volume in a trilogy describing in particular the S.M.A.R.T. Circle project, which was founded in Edmonton, Canada in 1981. The acronym S.M.A.R.T. stands for Saturday Mathematical Activities, Recreations & Tutorials. This book, Volume II, is based on the papers published in scientific and education journals by the Circle members while they were still in junior high school (some still in elementary school). In essence, it explains the purpose of the Circle. Volume I describes how to run a Circle, and Volume III explains what actually takes place in the Circle. All three volumes provide a wealth of resources (mathematical problems, quizzes and games, together with their solutions). The books will be of interest to self-motivated students who want to conduct independent research, teachers who work with these students, and teachers who are currently running or planning to run Mathematical Circles of their own.
Author : Clifford D. Simak
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 47,18 MB
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0575122471
Out of their minds and the force of their imagination, men have created countless beings, from demons and monsters of legend to comic-strip characters. What if their world were real - if dragons, devils and Don Quixote hobnobbed with Dagwood Bumstead and Charlie Brown? Such a world would have its fascinations . . . and its dreadful perils - if it existed. Horton Smith found out that it did - and that he was right in the middle of it!
Author : Dennis E. Shasha
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 20,20 MB
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0393336832
Drawing on interviews with 15 leading scientists, the authors present an unexpected vision: the future of computing is a synthesis with nature.
Author : Dennis Shasha
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 26,46 MB
Release : 2002-06-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0080503780
Tuning your database for optimal performance means more than following a few short steps in a vendor-specific guide. For maximum improvement, you need a broad and deep knowledge of basic tuning principles, the ability to gather data in a systematic way, and the skill to make your system run faster. This is an art as well as a science, and Database Tuning: Principles, Experiments, and Troubleshooting Techniques will help you develop portable skills that will allow you to tune a wide variety of database systems on a multitude of hardware and operating systems. Further, these skills, combined with the scripts provided for validating results, are exactly what you need to evaluate competing database products and to choose the right one. - Forward by Jim Gray, with invited chapters by Joe Celko and Alberto Lerner - Includes industrial contributions by Bill McKenna (RedBrick/Informix), Hany Saleeb (Oracle), Tim Shetler (TimesTen), Judy Smith (Deutsche Bank), and Ron Yorita (IBM) - Covers the entire system environment: hardware, operating system, transactions, indexes, queries, table design, and application analysis - Contains experiments (scripts available on the author's site) to help you verify a system's effectiveness in your own environment - Presents special topics, including data warehousing, Web support, main memory databases, specialized databases, and financial time series - Describes performance-monitoring techniques that will help you recognize and troubleshoot problems
