Reviews for Singularities

The average rating for Singularities based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-07-30 00:00:00 Jon Aarbakke I was honestly expecting much more from this title. First of all, the intentions of the author were good, but he ruined his work by omitting many additional clarifications of his equations. Much effort has been put from reader just to decipher what was done from one equation to the next. Makes no sense for such a book to be painful for a student or any other individual who is interested in inner workings of computer arithmetic. By the way: Parhami is not much better (yes, you read it right: NOT MUCH BETTER). I'll try Hwang: Computer Arithmetic: Principles, Architecture and Design. Maybe his work will be better in terms of clarity. On the other hand, there are some pretty good tricks in this title. Bonus: there are different number systems explained, used also in DSPs. Again, author's intentions were good, but explanations unfortunately suck.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-08-06 00:00:00 Billie Van Sandt Oooh, so close. I wanted this book to be better than it is. It's a fine book, but I had, perhaps, unrealistic expectations. It introduces non-maths types to various mathematical concepts (chaos, infinity, etc.) in a way that is very accessible. But then it sort of dumps us there - "whee! wasn't that fun?!" I would have much preferred that it go a bit deeper. But it's probably quite good for those who have no interest in math to begin with.