Informative not just for seniors. A great book as a learning curve.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Nevada

Easy Computing for Seniors 

This book has yellowing pages and a not unpleasant odor of perfume. #hardcover #coding #computing #math #nonfiction #Godel #Turing #logic #math

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

The Idea That Rules the World

The algorithm is just code, but it makes things happen. It's the set of abstract, detailed instructions that makes computers run. Any programmer can invent a new algorithm-and many have become millionaires doing just that. Computers, the Internet, virtual reality-our world is being transformed before our eyes, all because some quirky logicians and mathematicians followed the dream of ultimate abstraction and invented the algorithm. Beginning with Leibniz and culminating in the middle of this century with the work of little-known geniuses and eccentrics like Gödel and Turing, David Berlinski tells this epic tale with clarity and imaginative brilliance. You don't have to be a programmer or a math buff to enjoy his book. All you have to do is be fascinated by the greatest innovation of the twentieth century.


The Advent of the Algorithm

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#hardcover #exlibrary #AI #Future #Computing #Culture #Intelligence

Indiana

Transcending the Machines in Our Midst

Many pundits tell you that the computer is ushering us toward a new Golden Age of Information. A few tell you that the computer is destroying everything worthwhile in our culture. But almost no one tells you what Stephen L. Talbott shows in this surprising book: the intelligent machine gathers its menacing powers from hidden places within you and me. It does so, that is, as long as we gaze into our screens and tap on our keyboards while less than fully conscious of the subtle influences passing through the interface.Talbott awakens us to these influences by conducting a wide-ranging tour:

 * Why do we hail the birth of the electronic global village just as villagers around the world are killing each other? Is the Net an instrument for social dissolution?
 * Do the Renaissance origins of virtual reality throw light on our world-creating and world-destroying choices today? Does reality have a future?
 * Were the barriers to creation of thinking machines clarified by a little-known philologist investigating the mythic consciousness of the ancients?
 * Does the computer centralize or decentralize structures of power? Or does this question miss the point, because intelligent machines that run by themselves are creating a new global totalitarianism without a despotic center?
 * Is the frantic urging to put schoolchildren on the Internet any more reasoned than the seventies'' fad for programmed instruction, or the eighties'' fad for computer literacy?
 * Does an unrecognized law link the public face and the dark underside of the Net? If so, can we expect flame wars, weird impersonations, pornographic commerce, and Net psychoses to grow increasingly pronounced and erratic, while at the same time the reasoned mechanisms for filtering "strict business" from the chaos steadily gain in effectiveness?
 * Is artificial intelligence raising machines to a human level, or are we descending to the machine''s level?

After reading The Future Does Not Compute, you will never again be able to sit in front of your computer with quite the same glazed stare.(BACKCOVER COPY) The technological Djinn, now loosened from all restraints, tempts us with visions of a surreal future. It is a future with robots who surpass their masters in dexterity and wit; intelligent agents who roam the Net on our behalf, seeking the informational elixir that will make us whole; new communities inhabiting the clean, infinite reaches of cyberspace, freed from war and conflict; and lending libraries of "virtually real" experiences that seem more sensational than the real thing.Not all of this is idle or fantastic speculation -- even if it is the rather standard gush about our computerized future. Few observers can see any clear limits to what the networked computer might eventually accomplish. It is this stunning, wide-open potential that leads one to wonder what the Djinn will ask of us in return for the gift. After all, any potential so dramatic, so diverse, so universal, can be taken in many directions. That is its very nature. Who will choose the direction -- we, or the Djinn?The intelligent machine receives a shadow of our own intelligence. This shadow consists of all the collective, automatic, sleepwalking, deterministic processes we have yielded to. That is, it consists of our own willingness to become machines. The crucial question today is whether we can wake up in time. Only in wakefulness can we distinguish ourselves from the automatisms around us. Where we remain asleep -- where we live in our own shadow -- we are the Djinn.The Net is the most powerful invitation to remain asleep we have ever faced. Contrary to the usual view, it dwarfs television in its power to induce passivity, to scatter our minds, to destroy our imaginations, and to make us forget our humanity.And yet -- for these very reasons -- the Net may also be an opportunity to enter into our fullest humanity with a self-awareness never yet achieved. But few even seem aware of the challenge, and without awareness we will certainly fail.

The Future Does Not Compute

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An introduction to data-base and their use in corporations; management information systems; a survey of the principles likely to make such systems succeed.
James Martin authored a number of books  describing a comprehensive system under the auspices of the IBM Systems Research Institute. #business #computing #telecommunications #data-bases #management-systems

Pennsylvania

First in the series on Computing Systems and Telecommunications

Organizacija, software in upravljanje podatkovnih zbirk.

Principles of Data Base Management

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#paperback #computers #computing #coding #programming #visualbasic #vb #vba 

This book is in good condition with no wear or breaks in the binding. The cover is detached from the binding (see photos) to make it easier to open flat. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers have a couple small bumps around the edges but no scuffs or tears. Price sticker on back cover. Printed in 1998, 633 pp.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Minnesota

The Language

The online documentation of VB/VBA language components seems to follow the 80/20 rule: the basic facts that you need to use a language statement are provided in the documentation. But the additional 20 percent that you need to use it effectively or to apply it to special cases is conspicuously absent. To a professional VB/VBA programmer, though, this missing 20 percent of the language's documentation isn't a luxury, it's a necessity. And inVB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language, it finally is available.The bulk of the book consists of an alphabetical reference to the statements, procedures, and functions of the VB/VBA language. Each entry has a standardized listing containing the following information:

 * Its syntax, using standard code conventions
 * Differences in the operation of the keyword in a macro environment (e.g., in Office) and in Visual Basic, if there are any
 * A list of arguments accepted by the function or procedure, if any
 * A description of the data type returned by a function
 * The finer points of a keyword's usage that are often omitted from or blurred over by the documentation
 * Tips and gotchas that include undocumented behaviors and practical applications for particular language elements -- a section particularly invaluable for diagnosing or avoiding potential programming problems
 * A brief, nonobvious example that illustrates the use of the keyword

Also included in VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language is a brief overview of the VB/VBA language, including:
 * Basic VBA programming concepts, such as its data types and its support for variables, constants, and arrays
 * Error handling in VBA applications
 * Object programming with VBA
 * Using VBA with particular applications. Excel and Project are utilized to show how to work with an application's integrated development environment and to take advantage of its object model Regardless of how much experience you have programming with VBA, this is the book you'll pick up time and time again both as your standard reference guide and as a tool for troubleshooting and identifying programming problems.

VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language is the definitive reference for Visual Basic and VBA developers.

VB and VBA in a Nutshell

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#paperback #computers #computing #database #data #rdbms #sql

This book is in very good condition with no wear to the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers are free from scuffs and nicks. Its only flaw is a bend near the spine ( see photos) that is fixable with proper storage on a shelf. Printed in 1993, 278 pp.

Examines the fundamentals of relational concepts and then demonstrates the applications of these concepts. Provides numerous practical examples using Structured Query Language (SQL), the popular database language for the PC. Users learn how to evaluate, design and implement relational databases and applications by examining relational concepts, their structural, integrity and manipulation features as well as types of tables and relational fidelity. By studying SQL basics, evaluation and misconceptions, users learn how SQL succeeds-and fails-as a realization of the relational model. Other topics include client/server issues, distributed databases and the emergence of object-oriented database management systems.

Understanding Relational Databases with Examples in SQL-92

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"Think: A Biography of the Watsons and IBM" by William H. R is a captivating exploration of IBM's history and the visionary Watson family. Discover the remarkable journey of how IBM, under the leadership of the Watsons, transformed from a struggling company into a global technological powerhouse. Through engaging storytelling, this book provides insights into their innovative contributions, pioneering technologies, and enduring impact on the world of business and computing. Experience the compelling narrative of IBM's growth and the visionary leaders behind its success.

Business & Economics

Think; A Biography of the Watsons and IBM

William F. Punch

Richard Enbody

Excellent condition. Online access code never used, still available. 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Computer Science

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Easy Computing for Seniors

David Berlinski

The Advent of the Algorithm

Stephen L. Talbott

The Future Does Not Compute

James Martin

Principles of Data Base Management

Paul Lomax

VB and VBA in a Nutshell

Fabian Pascal

Understanding Relational Databases with Examples in SQL-92

William H. Rodgers

Think; A Biography of the Watsons and IBM

William F. Punch; Richard Enbody

The Practice of Computing Using Python