Computation

Computation is any type of calculation that includes both arithmetical and non-arithmetical steps and follows a well-defined model understood and described as, for example, an algorithm.

The study of computation is paramount to the discipline of computer science.

Introduction to the Theory of Computation
Introduction to Algorithms
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
The C Programming Language
Quantum Computing Since Democritus
The MANIAC
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Rudy Rucker
We're presently in the midst of a third intellectual revolution. The first came with Newton: the planets obey physical laws. The second came with Darwin: biology obeys genetic laws. In today’s third revolution, were coming to realize that even minds and societies emerge from interacting laws that can be regarded as computations. Everything is a computation. ...more
Rudy Rucker

There will always be plenty of things to compute in the detailed affairs of millions of people doing complicated things.
Vannevar Bush, As We May Think

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