Computers and the Imagination: Visual Adventures Beyond the Edge
by Clifford A. Pickover

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Book Review: Excellent, Broad Look at Computer Science
Summary: 5 Stars

Clifford A. Pickover starts with a few chapters on the Top 10 Scientists and what would happen if an IBM computer was placed in the year 1900. He then goes on to talk about the applications of computer science on almost every science, with a few pages on every subject. His book is 63 chapters long - among them: "The World of Chaos," "Twisted Mirror Worlds," "The Moire Effect: Practical and Pictorial Patterns," and "Visualization of the Gleichniszahlen-Reihe Monster."

The book is well-organized into 10 Parts, and each chapter within itself contains an introduction, description, and even exercises for the reader. Overall, the book is fun to flip through, and on lonely Tuesday evenings, it's great just to open the book to a random page and read.

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