Computers and the Imagination: Visual Adventures Beyond the Edge

by Clifford A. Pickover

An examination of how visualization has transformed the way humans perceive and understand their world uses a computer to gain insights into the origins of human creativity.

Genres: Mathematics

419 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Clifford Alan Pickover is an American author, editor, and columnist in the fields of science, mathematics, science fiction, innovation, and creativity. For many years, he was employed at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown, New York, where he was editor-in-chief of the IBM Journal of Research and Development. He has been granted more than 700 U.S. patents, is an elected Fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and is author of more than 50 books, translated into more than a dozen languages.

Reviews

[Digitalgod · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great inspirational book for those with a logical mind and a passion for the slightly quirkier things in mathematics.