Can a contraption made of Tinkertoys win at tic-tac-toe? Can a computer create music? Design golf courses on the screen? Simulate the human brain? Can mathematics really explain anything and everything? For further elaboration on these and other provocative questions, read this latest collection of A.K. Dewdney's columns, drawn from the pages of "Scientific American" and "Algorithm." For novice hackers and longtime afficionados alike, it is a stimulating, fun-filled journey to the frontiers of computer science.
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Can a contraption made of Tinkertoys win at tic-tac-toe? Can a computer create music? Design golf courses on the screen? Simulate the human brain? Can mathematics really explain anything and everything? For further elaboration on these and other provocative questions, read this latest collection of A.K. Dewdney's columns, drawn from the pages of "Scientific American" and "Algorithm." For novice hackers and longtime afficionados alike, it is a stimulating, fun-filled journey to the frontiers of computer science.
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