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Computation and its limits / Paul Cockshott, Lewis M. Mackenzie, Greg Michaelson.

Author: Cockshott, W. Paul, 1952-

Imprint:Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Descriptionvi, 239 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:Introduction -- What is computation? -- Mechanical computers and their limits -- Logical limits to computing -- Heat, information, and geometry -- Quantum computers -- Beyond the logical limits of computing? -- Hypercomputing proposals.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-225) and index.



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Author:
Cockshott, W. Paul, 1952-
Subject:
Mathematics -- Data processing.
Numerical analysis.
Electronic data processing.
Computer science.
Contributor
Mackenzie, L. M.
Michaelson, Greg, 1953-