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John Maccormick: Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers (Princeton Science Library): 112 [2020] paperback Condition:New no less vital forrnso oftenNine revolutionary algorithms that power our computers and smartphones Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact. Without even knowing it, we use public key cryptography