Computer fundamentals, the book I wish I had. The creative glue for intermediate-level programming concepts.

Improve your programming versatility by learning the nuances of numbers & their representations.

Not a math wizard? No problem! Computers are monsters because they think different than us. We will learn:

• What the monsters look like.
• How you can prevent the 125 million dollar mistake that caused the NASA Climate Orbitor to crash, and how Tony Hoare made a billion dollar mistake.
• How do emojis, text, and everything else in your computer work by interpreting numbers differently?
• Where and how are numbers stored and accessed?
• How can we stop thinking about numbers by using abstraction?

Alternative book title: Gödel, Escher, Nah: How To Think Less About Numbers, Phenomenology, Data & Reality.

Credits

Written by Kevin Focke

Surrealistic drawings and cover background by Darío Mekler

Monster drawings and cover cartoon by Thais Freire Sanchez