I bought this book mainly for increasing my knowledge of theoretical computing what I now consider as a good idea. Especially, I enjoyed very specific approach of Mr. Feynman how to explain even very intricate concepts and phenomenons. Moreover, he was able to make many interesting links among at first glance unconnected areas of a theoretical computing and physics.
First chapter of the book is dedicated to logical functions, second one to finite state automata and Turing machines, third to theory of coding, fourth to connection between theoretical computing and thermodynamics (mainly this part of book is absorbing, it shows linkage between energy consumption and speed of computing, discusses reversible computing and paving the way to quantum computers). Fifth chapter discussed briefly theoretical background of quantum computers. The last chapter, the most practical of all others, shows how to design logical gates, discusses some techniques used for semiconductor chips manufacturing (be aware the this part is a little bit out-of-date) and finally focusses on "wires" (e.g. so-called "thyrany of numbers") - againinteresting topic which is not very widely discussed nowadays.
Overall, I would recommend this book to specialists working (and students) in the field of computer design and programming who are wanting to understand computers more deeply. Moreover, it seems to me that this book is necessary starting point for everybody who wants to study quantum computers programming. In my case it definitely helped me very much.
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I saw several reviews complaining about unacceptable print quality of the Indian edition. But I am NOT talking about the Indian edition. I just got the regular edition for $48.60 for a paper back book. Given that the content is VERY dated and rather basic, this is not cheap! It looks like this publisher/printer lacks even rudimentary forms of quality control. Front and back cover just don't fit the book at all - text is cut off. The quality of print within the book is OK, but it is beyond me how somebody can look at a finished product and obviously not care at all about how it looks and that it is - quite obviously - just not what it is supposed to be.
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