The Definitive Guide to How Computers Do Math: Featuring the Virtual DIY Calculator

Packed with nuggets of information and tidbits of trivia, How Computers Do Math provides an incredibly fun and interesting introduction to the way in which computers perform their magic in general and math in particular.

The CD-ROM accompanying the book contains a virtual computer/calculator called the DIY Calculator. The book’s step-by-step interactive laboratories guide you in the creation of a simple calculator program to run on your DIY Calculator.

How Computers Do Math can be enjoyed by nontechnical individuals; students of computer science, electronics engineering, and mathematics; and even practicing engineers (to name but a few). All of the illustrations and interactive laboratories featured in the book are provided on the CD-ROM for use by high school, college, and university educators as lecture notes and handouts.