Computation

Computation is any type of calculation that includes both arithmetical and non-arithmetical steps and follows a well-defined model understood and described as, for example, an algorithm.

The study of computation is paramount to the discipline of computer science.

Introduction to the Theory of Computation
Introduction to Algorithms
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
The C Programming Language
Quantum Computing Since Democritus
The Maniac
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

It is now plausible at the molecular level to conceive of concerted, non-random changes in the genome guided by cellular computing networks during episodes of evolutionary change. Thus, just as the genome has come to be seen as a highly sophisticated information storage system, its evolution has become a matter of highly sophisticated information processing.
Laura F. Landweber, Evolution as Computation

Jordan Ellenberg
Dividing one number by another is mere computation ; knowing what to divide by what is mathematics.
Jordan Ellenberg, How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

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