Computation and its Limits - Cockshott, Paul (Reader, Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow) a Mackenzie, Lewis M (Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow) a Michaelson, Gregory (Professor of Computing Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edin

Although we are entirely unaware of it, computation is central to all aspects of our existences. Every day we solve, or try to solve, a myriad of problems, from the utterly trivial to the bafflingly complex. This book explains why it is possible to do computation and what the ultimate limits of it are, as understood by modern science.