Arithmetic is the forgotten task. We just expect machines to evaluate whatever expression we write and we expect it to get it right – or right enough not to cause a problem. Part of the reason for ...

For novices, functions are one of the most intimidating features of OpenOffice.org's Calc. Newcomers quickly learn that functions are a main feature of spreadsheets, but there are almost four hundred, ...

Alan Turing, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, John Nash—these “beautiful” minds never fail to enchant the public, but they also remain somewhat elusive. How do some people progress from being able to ...

Through the use of theory, pseudo-code and actual fielded C source code, this book introduces the reader to the concept of bignum one and explains each and every algorithm that goes into a modern ...

Pulling off this get-rich scheme was perfectly legal, very cunning — and really not all that hard. A retired Michigan couple won $26 million playing the lottery by using “basic arithmetic.” It all ...