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From: tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,can.general
Subject: Re: Algorithm: A Newsletter for People Who Enjoy Programming
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Date: 21 Jan 91 22:09:45 GMT
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In article <1991Jan17.231632.24621@contact.uucp> ndallen@contact.uucp (Nigel Allen) writes:
>Algorithm: A Newsletter for People Who Enjoy Programming
> 
>For one year now, A.K. Dewdney (author of Scientific American's 
>popular Computer Recreations column)  [ material on Algorithm
                                newsletter deleted ]

Seeing Dewdney's name, I had to mention his incredible book
"The Turing Omnibus" which is a collection of c. 60 short articles
by him on selected aspects of computer science.  (Spline curves,
cryptography, pattern recognition, etc.)  It is from England,
but places such as "John's Picks" carry it.  (Yes, the title is
an intentional pun.)  A fair amount of math is in the book, but
the material is still presented in a very accessable manner.

Also, speaking of algorithms, David Haral's "Algorithmics" gives
a very entertaining overview of Algorithm theory.  It is my
understanding there will be a review of it in an upcoming issue
of "The C Users Journal."


Tom Rombouts  Torrance 'Tater  tomr@ashtate.A-T.com  V:(213)538-7108