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Peter J. Denning is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He invented the working-set model, the foundation for managing virtual memory in computer operating systems. He is a past president of the Association for Computing Machinery. He co-founded CSNET, a key bridge between the early ARPANET and today's Internet. He relishes the enduring principles underlying computing, AI, and innovation. His books include The Innovator's Way (w Bob Dunham), Navigating a Restless Sea (w Todd Lyons), and Great Principles of Computing (w Craig Martell). His latest, Turing's Mistake, challenges a founding assumption of AI and argues that human understanding is not machine computable.
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	Computational Thinking (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) by Peter J. Denning (Goodreads Author), Matti Tedre 3.64 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turing's Mistake: Escaping the Yoke of Unintelligent Machines 4.63 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great Principles of Computing by Peter J. Denning (Goodreads Author), Craig H. Martell, Vint Cert (Foreword) 3.69 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Innovator's Way: Essential Practices for Successful Innovation by Peter J. Denning (Goodreads Author), Robert P. Dunham 3.86 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing by Peter J. Denning (Goodreads Author), Peter J. Denning (Goodreads Author), Robert M. Metcalfe 2.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invisible Future: The Seamless Integration of Technology Into Everyday Life 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Machines, Languages, and Computation 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1978 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Computers Under Attack: Intruders, Worms and Viruses 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Navigating a Restless Sea: Mobilizing Innovation Adoption in Your Community by Peter J. Denning (Goodreads Author), Todd W. Lyons, Ron Kaufman (foreword) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Innovator's Way: Essential Practices for Successful Innovation it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“How do fields express their principles? Physicists use terms like photons, electrons, quarks, quantum wave functions, relativity, and energy conservation. Astronomers use terms like planets, stars, galaxies, Hubble shift, and black holes. Thermodynamicists use terms like entropy, first law, second law, and Carnot cycle. Biologists use terms like phylogeny, ontology, DNA, and enzymes. Each of these terms can be considered to be the thread of a story. The principles of a field are actually a set of interwoven stories about the structure and behavior of field elements, the fabric of the multiverse.”
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“An excessive emphasis on invention, rather than on adoption, is a major factor in the low success rate of innovation.
The diagram of figure 1.1 compares invention and innovation as practices.”
― Peter J. Denning, The Innovator's Way: Essential Practices for Successful Innovation

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