Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes)
Edition: New Ed edition
Series: CSLI lecture notes ; no. 136
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information
Published: August 1, 2003
Place of publication: Stanford, CA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781575863269
Subjects: General Theory of Computing; Impact of computing & IT on society; Computers - General Information; Computers; Computer Books: General; Computer Science; Computers / Computer Science; General
Table of contents: title: Why I am unqualified to give these lectures; title: Why the lectures might be interesting anyway; title: The 3:16 project, a turning point in my life; title: Randomization and Religion; title: The advantages of unbiased sampling as a way to gain insight into a complicated subject; title: Dangers to avoid when using this approach; title: Language Translation; title: How to translate Bible verses without knowing Hebrew or Greek; title: The surprising rewards of such attempts, even though the task is difficult or impossible; title: Aesthetics; title: Scientific work as an artistic endeavor; title: The deep influence that beautiful presentation can have on our understanding of texts; title: Illustrations by many of the world's greatest masters of calligraphy; title: Glimpses of God; title: What I think I learned about God from the 3:16 project; title: What I think I learned about theology from the 3:16 project; title: The difference between the two; title: God and Computer Science; title: Computer programmers as creators of new universes; title: Computational complexity as a way to approach the questions of free will and omnipotence; title: Other concepts of computer science that may give insights about divinity; title: Panel: Creativity, Spirituality, and Computer Science