Computing Books published by Cambridge University Press

The following is a list of Computing Books published by Cambridge University Press in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other books may have been published. If you have a book that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.

There are 20 Computing Books published by Cambridge University Press in our collection :

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Date: 1983 A Child's Guide to the ZX Spectrum

5 experts help you use your Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Write your own programs, draw pictures, play tunes, tell jokes, even run a game park!

ISBN 0 521 27777 9. 95 Pages.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: John Dewhirst Rosemary Tennison
Platform: ZX Spectrum

Date: 1987 A Glossary of Computing Terms - An Introdcution (Fifth Edition)

This glossary was published by the British Computer Society in 1987. It is the fifth edition, the first being published in 1977, and provides a useful insight into the state of popular computing at the time.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: British Computer Society
Platform: Computing

Date: 1986 Acorn Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary

Computer dictionary for children

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Arthur Godman and Tim Tregear
Platform: None

Date: 22nd November 1972 An Introduction To Logical Design Of Digital Circuits (Cambridge Computer Science Texts)

Donated by Justin Bryant

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: C. M. Reeves
Platform: Logical Design Of Digital Circuits

Date: 1988 Astronomy with your Personal Computer

This is a book for the amateur astronomer who wishes to carry out astronomical calculations using a personal computer with the minimum of fuss. It is not specific to any make of machine, neither are the programmes confined to specific calculations, Rather, it presents a collection of twenty-six subroutines, written in a portable version of BASIC, which can be mixed and matched according to personal requirements. Furthermore, the user need only have a broad understanding of the problem; the subroutines themselves take care of the details. For example, the routines can be used to calculate the time of rising of any of the planets in any part of the world at any time in the future or past; or they may be used to find the circumstances of the next solar eclipse visible from a particular place. Almost every problem likely to be encountered by the amateur astronomer can be solved by a suitable combination of the routines given here.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Peter Duffett-Smith
Platform: Astronomy

Date: 31st July 1979 Computer Systems Reliability

ID Numbers
Open Library OL7733653M
ISBN 13 9780521227674
Library Thing 1811797

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: T. Anderson, W. Carter, C.T. Davies, S.L. Gerhart, J.J. Horning, P.A. Lee, P.M. Melliar-Smith, R.M. Needham, B. Randell, M.L. Shooman, S. Shrivastava
Platform: Computing Systems

Date: 1984 Creative Computer Graphics

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Anabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Platform:

Date: 1965 Four-Figure Tables

Contains tables including logarithms, anti-logarithms, sines, cosines, tangents, cotangents, secants, cosecants, squares, square roots, and reciprocals.

Kindly donated by Julian Bryant

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: C. Godfrey, A.W. Siddons
Platform: Tables

Date: Unknown Fun Mathematics on your Microcomputer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Czes Kosniowski
Platform: Various

Date: 1977 Illustrating Basic (A Simple Programming Language)

"[This] book is written at a fairly introductory level. As such it is clearly appropriate for the novice but it seems unlikely to satisfy one category at which it is apparently aimed, namely those who are already able to program reasonably well in Basic and who need a reference work. Nevertheless, even such people would gain some useful information about the language from this book" - Reviewed in Practical Computing, October 1978

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Donald Alcock
Platform:

Date: 1986 Illustrating BBC Basic

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Donald Alcock
Platform: BBC Micro

Date: 1982 Illustrating Fortran (The Portable Variety)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Donald Alcock
Platform: BBC Micro

Date: 1988 Illustrating Pascal

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Donald Alcock
Platform:

Date: 1985 Illustrating Super-BASIC on the Sinclair QL

Review:
Although describing a particular computer language (Super-BASIC) on a particular computer (the Sinclair QL) this book is more than a language manual. It assumes no prior knowledge of other languages but introduces, by example, the concept of a stored program and its execution. It builds on the introductory example by bringing in more and more facilities of the language, illustrating each with a non-trivial example. In addition to clarifying aspects of the language these examples explain and illustrate some fundamental programming techniques such as graphics, state tables, list processing, several methods of sorting, and reverse Polish notation. Recursion, structured programming and a tidy style are emphasized throughout. Like the author's previous works on programming this book is lettered entirely by hand, being full of illustrations and diagrams. The English is always simple, always clear.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Donald Alcock
Platform: Sinclair QL

Date: 1976 Macro Processors

Cambridge Computer Science Texts - 4

Processing non-numerical information is a highly important aspect of computer science. Macro processors, several of which have been developed over the past ten or fifteen years, convert text from one form to another. Used simply a macro processor can act as a text editor, while in a more complex application it can even be regarded as an alternative to a compiler.

This book discusses the purpose of various available macro processors, and concentrates on their internal structure rather than detailed instructions for their use. Descriptions are given of various types of macro processors and their application to processing assembly language and text strings, to a mobile programming system, to compiler bootstrapping and to extensible compilers. Illustrative statements in many well-known macro-languages abound throughout the book and most chapters end with examples.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: A. J. Cole
Platform: Macro Processors

Date: 1988 Numerical Recipes in C

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: William H. Press, Brian P. Flannery, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vettering
Platform: C

Date: 1989 Numerical Recipes in Pascal

"This book is supposed to teach you methods of numerical computing which are practical, efficient, and (insofar as possible) elegant."

- Chapter 1, p. 1

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: William H. Press, Brian P. Flannery, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vettering
Platform: Pascal

Date: 1988 People and Computers IV

People and computers IV: Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the British Computer Society, Human-Computer Interaction Specialist Group, University of Manchester, 5-9 September 1988

Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Computer Society

A record of the proceedings of HCI 1988, the major annual European conference on human-computer interaction, this book is a comprehensive guide to current research in the HCI field. The papers included reflect the goals of the conference: to represent the current state of human-computer interaction, to increase communication between people working in the different disciplines within human-computer interaction, and to discuss the future developments within the field. This volume is essential reading for all researchers, designers, and manufacturers whose work impinges on this rapidly moving field. It will be of particular interest to researchers in computer science, ergonomics, electrical engineering and psychology, and to others concerned with improving communications between people and commerce.

Kindly donated by Alan Wills

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Platform: People

Date: 1977 Software Portability: An Advanced Course

Software portability, the transfer of programs and data between different computers, is a subject of growing concern and importance, absorbing huge quantities of time and money annually. Writing programs and structuring data in ways to minimise the problems of transfer presents difficult technical and legal challenges.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: P. J. Brown, M. Griffiths, R. E. Griswold, H. W. Lawson, B. Niblett, M. Richards, E. B. Spratt, W. M. Waite, B. A. Wichman
Platform: Software