Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Summary

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (325 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs authored Hal Abelson[3].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs authored Gerald Jay Sussman[4].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs authored Julie Mazel Sussman[5].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's image is recorded as SICP cover.jpg[6].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's instance of is recorded as literary work[7].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's publisher is recorded as The MIT Press[8].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's genre is recorded as textbook[9].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's genre is recorded as Computer Science[10].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 4605152503094110800000[11].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's OCLC number is recorded as 174302193[12].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International[13].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's publication date is recorded as +1996-07-25T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's publication date is recorded as +1984-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l4p5[18].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's Open Library ID is recorded as OL3267304W[19].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's Internet Archive ID is recorded as structureinterpr00abel[20].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's has edition or translation is recorded as Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs[21].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138335500[22].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's official website is recorded as https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp[23].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's main subject is recorded as computer programming[24].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's work available at URL is recorded as https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/book/book.html[25].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 13008[26].
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include Hal Abelson[3], a mathematician[28], b. 1947[29], of United States[30], awarded the IEEE Fellow[31], specialised in informatics[32]; Gerald Jay Sussman[4], a mathematician[33], b. 1947[34], of United States[35], awarded the ACM Fellow[36], specialised in cognitive science[37]; and Julie Mazel Sussman[5].

Why It Matters

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (325 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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  5. [5] . mitp-content-server.mit.edu. mitp-content-server.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . amazon.com. amazon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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