Dem Computer ins Hirn geschaut

This book takes you behind the scenes of computer science, making the underlying ideas understandable and allowing you to discover astonishing parallels to the living world. Step by step, you will dive into the world of computers and learn how calculations can be performed with electricity, how computers are built and communicate with the outside world, the sophisticated methods available for storing information, how a network of computers becomes a world computer, how information can be cleverly encoded and encrypted, where computers reach their limits, and how computer science and biology can be thought together to gain insights about the world. Numerous examples from everyday life enrich the presentation and illustrate how closely automated and natural information processing are related. So, if you are looking for a lively, interdisciplinary, and richly illustrated introduction to computer science and enjoy thinking outside the box, this book will be a treasure trove for you.