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Country United States Pages 232 Originally published 2012 Page count 232 | 3.8/5 Goodreads Publication date 2012 ISBN 978-0691158198 Subject Algorithm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Princeton University Press Algorithm books The Golden Ticket: P, Algorithms Unlocked, Automate This, The Master Algorithm: How the, Mastering algorithms with C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 Algorithms that Changed the Future is a 2012 book on algorithms by John MacCormick. The book seeks to explain commonly encountered computer algorithms to a layman audience.
Contents
Summary
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
One reviewer said the book is written in a clear and simple style.
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.
Another reviewer called the book "a valuable addition to the popular computing literature".
References
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