A. K. Dewdney
Auteur van Het planiversum; computercontact met een tweedimensionale wereld
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Recreations, his column which appeared in Scientific American for more than eight years. He has been an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Western Ontario in Canada since 1968, and is president of Turing Omnibus, Inc. Among his many books on computer science, science and toon meer mathematics are Two Hundred Percent of Nothing (1993), an effort to expose abuses of math and statistics in everyday life and its companion work, Yes, We Have No Neutrons (1997). Dewdney is also interested in growing and distributing rare native trees, as manifested in his book, Hungry Hollow: The Story of a Natural Place (1998). Hungry Hollow examines the elements of a natural habitat in both time and space. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: A.K. Dewdney [source: back jacket flap of The Tinkertoy Computer and Other Machinations, 1993]
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Werken van A. K. Dewdney
200% of Nothing: An Eye Opening Tour Through the Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy (1993) 179 exemplaren
Yes, We Have No Neutrons: An Eye-Opening Tour through the Twists and Turns of Bad Science (1997) 109 exemplaren
Computer Recreations 1 exemplaar
Computer-Kurzweil III - Sonderheft Spektrum der Wissenschaft / Scientific American (1989) 1 exemplaar
Turing Omnibus: Sixty One Excursions in Computer Science by Dewdney, A. K. (1989) Hardcover (1989) 1 exemplaar
20.000 Léguas Matemáticas 1 exemplaar
20. 000 LÉGUAS MATEMÁTICAS 1 exemplaar
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- Dewdney, A. K.
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- Dewdney, Alexander Keewatin
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Dewdney, Kee - Geboortedatum
- 1941-08-05
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- male
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
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- London, Ontario, Canada
- Woonplaatsen
- London, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Western Ontario
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- mathematician
computer scientist
philosopher
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environmental scientist
conservationist (toon alle 7)
author - Relaties
- Dewdney, Selwyn (father)
Dewdney, Christopher (brother) - Organisaties
- University of Western Ontario (Professor Emeritus)
Ecological Society of America
American Mathematical Society
Association for Computing Machinery
British Society for the History of Mathematics
Canadian Information Processing Society (toon alle 11)
Canadian Society for Computational Studies in Intelligence
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation
McIlwraith Field Naturalists
Thames Talbot Land Trust
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