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Scientific American Library Supercomputing And The Transformation Of Science by KAUFMANN
The development of the supercomputer has given scientists an awesome new capability: the power to virtually re-create the physical world on the computer screen with a stunning degree of precision and sophistication. Everything from weather systems to biochemical interactions to car crashes to air pollution to high speed subatomic particle collisions can now be simulated manipulated and observed at the scientists will. The fascinating strikingly illustrated Supercomputing and the Transformation often provides a state of the art look at the capabilities and scientific contributions of the most powerful computers. Written bv noted science author William Kaufmann and supercomputing expert Larry Smarr the book examines the hardware software and techniques of supercomputing showing how these powerful machines solve the mathematical laws that govern natural phenomena and convert the numbers into comprehensive visual images. The book then explores the impact of this extraordinary technologv on a wide range of endeavors from medicine to environmental protection from particle physics to astronomy from automobiledesign to meteorologv.show more