Computer Science Reconsidered – The Invocation l of Process Expression

Karl M. Fant is the founder and CEO of Theseus Research, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in the design and implementation of real-time image processing systems as well as ongoing research into the theory of computers. Mr. Fant developed the NULL Convention Logic, a fully expressive logic for designing and implementing clockless digital electronic circuits and systems. He is coinventor of Computer Generated Synthesized Imagery, which generates photo-realistic scenes in real time from libraries of photographic images. He holds twenty-eight patents.

Preface. Chapter 1. A Critical Review of the Notion of the Algorithm in Computer Science. Chapter 2. The Simplicity of Concurrency. Chapter 3. Dehumanizing Computer Science. Chapter 4. Transcending the Variable. Chapter 5. The Invocation Model. Chapter 6. Along the Spectrum. Chapter 7. Composing Boundaries. Chapter 8. Time and Memory. Chapter 9. Incidental Time. Chapter 10. Points of View. Chapter 11. Referential and Autonomous Process Expression. Chapter 12. The Invocation Language. Chapter 13. Reflections. Index.