How Computers Make Books: From Graphics Rendering, Search Algorithms, and Functional Programming to Indexing and Typesetting
暫譯: 電腦如何製作書籍：從圖形渲染、搜尋演算法、函數式程式設計到索引和排版
Whitington, John
- 出版商: Manning
- 出版日期: 2024-03-19
- 售價: $1,410
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,340
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 186
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 1633438678
- ISBN-13: 9781633438675
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相關分類:
Algorithms-data-structures
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商品描述
Learn about computer science by exploring the fascinating journey it took to make this book! In How Computers Make Books you'll discover:
How Computers Make Books introduces what's wonderful about computer science by telling the story of how computers have transformed the ancient art of publishing books. Author and publishing software developer John Whitington takes readers on a journey through the computer processes needed to create this very book. Each chapter explores the elegance of modern digital printing, from how a computer knows where to place ink, to reproducing shades of gray, to laying out paragraphs on the page. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology
Computers have transformed every industry--even ones as traditional as creating books. If you've ever been mystified about what goes into programming a computer to do practical, familiar tasks, this book is for you. In it, you'll answer interesting questions about human-computer interaction. How do computers represent all the different languages and letters used by humans? How do we compress a book's worth of complex information so it can be transferred in seconds? And what exactly is a computer program? This book answers all those questions by telling the story of how it was created! About the book
Open up How Computers Make Books and you'll learn how computers use math and computer science to lay out and produce a book. Explore text, fonts, and the means of putting ink onto the page. Dive into the history of typesetting and printing, and see how that history informs today's technology for both physical books and eBooks. You'll learn the importance of both mathematical calculation and artistic taste, and how only a combination of the two leads to beautiful books. By the time you're done reading, you'll have a better understanding of how computer science is used to solve problems, and the complex technology that went into every book you own. About the reader
This book is for everyone--from the computer science curious-but-clueless, to tech professionals interested in the ingenious solutions created to solve the big problems of printing. About the author
John Whitington is the founder of a company which builds software for electronic document processing. He has studied and taught Computer Science at Queens' College, Cambridge and has authored a number of computer science textbooks.
- How human descriptions are translated into computer programs How a computer can understand document formatting How a program decides where to print ink on a page Why computer science is so interesting to computer scientists, and why it might interest you ...and much more!
How Computers Make Books introduces what's wonderful about computer science by telling the story of how computers have transformed the ancient art of publishing books. Author and publishing software developer John Whitington takes readers on a journey through the computer processes needed to create this very book. Each chapter explores the elegance of modern digital printing, from how a computer knows where to place ink, to reproducing shades of gray, to laying out paragraphs on the page. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology
Computers have transformed every industry--even ones as traditional as creating books. If you've ever been mystified about what goes into programming a computer to do practical, familiar tasks, this book is for you. In it, you'll answer interesting questions about human-computer interaction. How do computers represent all the different languages and letters used by humans? How do we compress a book's worth of complex information so it can be transferred in seconds? And what exactly is a computer program? This book answers all those questions by telling the story of how it was created! About the book
Open up How Computers Make Books and you'll learn how computers use math and computer science to lay out and produce a book. Explore text, fonts, and the means of putting ink onto the page. Dive into the history of typesetting and printing, and see how that history informs today's technology for both physical books and eBooks. You'll learn the importance of both mathematical calculation and artistic taste, and how only a combination of the two leads to beautiful books. By the time you're done reading, you'll have a better understanding of how computer science is used to solve problems, and the complex technology that went into every book you own. About the reader
This book is for everyone--from the computer science curious-but-clueless, to tech professionals interested in the ingenious solutions created to solve the big problems of printing. About the author
John Whitington is the founder of a company which builds software for electronic document processing. He has studied and taught Computer Science at Queens' College, Cambridge and has authored a number of computer science textbooks.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
透過探索這本書的迷人旅程來學習計算機科學！
在計算機如何製作書籍中，您將發現：- 如何將人類的描述轉換為計算機程式 計算機如何理解文件格式 程式如何決定在頁面上印刷墨水的位置 為什麼計算機科學對計算機科學家如此有趣，以及為什麼它可能會引起您的興趣 ...還有更多！
計算機如何製作書籍通過講述計算機如何改變古老的出版藝術，介紹了計算機科學的美妙之處。作者及出版軟體開發者約翰·懷廷頓帶領讀者踏上創造這本書所需的計算機過程之旅。每一章都探討了現代數位印刷的優雅，從計算機如何知道墨水的放置位置，到再現灰階色調，再到在頁面上排版段落。 購買印刷書籍可獲得Manning Publications提供的免費PDF、Kindle和ePub格式電子書。 關於技術
計算機已經改變了每一個行業——甚至是像製作書籍這樣傳統的行業。如果您曾經對編程計算機以執行實用且熟悉的任務感到困惑，那麼這本書就是為您而寫的。在這本書中，您將回答有關人機互動的有趣問題。計算機如何表示人類使用的各種語言和字母？我們如何壓縮一本書的複雜信息，以便在幾秒鐘內傳輸？那麼，計算機程式究竟是什麼？這本書通過講述它的創作故事來回答所有這些問題！ 關於這本書
打開計算機如何製作書籍，您將學習計算機如何利用數學和計算機科學來排版和製作一本書。探索文本、字型以及將墨水放到頁面上的方法。深入了解排版和印刷的歷史，並看看這段歷史如何影響今天的實體書和電子書技術。您將學習數學計算和藝術品味的重要性，以及只有兩者的結合才能創造出美麗的書籍。當您讀完這本書時，您將更好地理解計算機科學如何用於解決問題，以及每本書中所涉及的複雜技術。 關於讀者
這本書適合所有人——從對計算機科學感到好奇但無從下手的人，到對解決印刷大問題的巧妙解決方案感興趣的技術專業人士。 關於作者
約翰·懷廷頓是專門為電子文件處理構建軟體的公司的創始人。他曾在劍橋大學的Queens' College學習和教授計算機科學，並撰寫了多本計算機科學教科書。
作者簡介
John Whitington, is the founder of a company which builds software for electronic document processing. He has studied and taught Computer Science at Queens College, Cambridge and has authored a number of computer science textbooks.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
約翰·懷廷頓是專門開發電子文件處理軟體的公司的創辦人。他曾在劍橋大學的女王學院學習和教授計算機科學，並撰寫了多本計算機科學教科書。
