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Peer reviewedKugel, Peter – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1985
The controversy over whether or not machines can think has attracted the attention of philosophers, psychologists, neurologists, computer scientists, and writers of science fiction. Various topics and issues related to this controversy are discussed, including turing machines and the relationship between computer history and mathematical…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Computers, Higher Education
Science85, 1985
Describes (in separate articles) 25 developments in science, technology, and medicine that have potential impact on the near future. They include discoveries related to space butterflies, drugs, twenty-first century software, experimental mathematics, brain drugs, egg development, ultrasmall microchips, the biology of birth, cancer-causing genes,…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Software, Genetic Engineering, Mathematics
Wirth, Niklaus – Scientific American, 1984
Built-in data structures are the registers and memory words where binary values are stored; hard-wired algorithms are the fixed rules, embodied in electronic logic circuits, by which stored data are interpreted as instructions to be executed. Various topics related to these two basic elements of every computer program are discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Science, Computer Software, Data
Kay, Alan – Scientific American, 1984
Discusses the nature and development of computer software. Programing, programing languages, types of software (including dynamic spreadsheets), and software of the future are among the topics considered. (JN)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
Download full textNational Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1983
Findings from the National Science Foundation's Survey of Scientific and Engineering Personnel Employed at Universities and Colleges, January 1982 are highlighted and discussed in this brief report. The survey was mailed to approximately 2,200 universities and colleges offering programs in the sciences and/or engineering. Areas discussed include…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Employment, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1982
This report is the 30th in a series that covers research and development (R&D) as shown in successive Presidential budgets. The Federal budget for 1982 was unusual in the extent to which it was subjected to change, reflecting the new administration's philosophy to reduce Federal spending. R&D funding data reflect the first series of 1981…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Science, Computer Science, Development
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC. – 1984
Part I of this report consists of the American Association for the Advancement of Science overview of research and development (R&D) in the fiscal year (FY) 1985 budget and its associated policy issues, together with special analyses of several important topics, such as funding for basic research. A set of overview tables is included. Part II…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Behavioral Science Research, Biology, Budgets
