Supercomputing and the Transformation of Science
(Book #43 in the Scientific American Library Series Series)
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The development of the supercomputer has given scientists an awesome new capability: the power to virtually re-create the physical world on the computer screen, with a stunning degree of precision and... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0716750384
ISBN13:9780716750383
Release Date:January 1993
Publisher:W.H. Freeman & Company
Length:238 Pages
Weight:2.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 8.8" x 9.6"
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Computer Science Computers Computers & Technology Mathematics Science & Math TextbooksCustomer Reviews
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Big and fast iron
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Easy to read overview of the field of supercomputing. Describes technologies (eg, relays to highly integrated circuits) and architectures (eg, scalar to vector, multiprocessor and massively parallel) used to effect supercomputing. Describes applications of supercomputing in physics, in constructing evolutionary trees from sequencing data, in molecular biology, engineering, planetary sciences, weather forecasting, and cosmology.
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