D'Ignazio, Fred

Explains how to use a personal computer to create original sports, board, strategy, word, number, and adventure games, with instructions for programming and playing eleven simple computer games.

Discusses the development of electronic games, their basic operation and design, available accessories, rules of some of the most popular games, and the winning strategies of several champion players.

Defines artificial intelligence, compares it with human intelligence, and explains how it is being used in computer technology and robotics.

Presents an overview of the various kinds of working robots, or intelligent machines, and their growing inpact on the economy and society.

Explains how astronomers are using new kinds of telescopes, computerized cameras, and space probes to generate new theories about the universe and its mysteries.