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Authors: Carlos Bueno
Tags: #COMPUTERS / Computer Science
Carlos Bueno is a former Facebook engineer who currently works at the database company MemSQL. He writes articles about computer science, programming, and the structure of the Internet.
and Other Improbable Things
LAUREN IPSUM.
Copyright © 2015 by Carlos Bueno.
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rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or
retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the
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ISBN-10:
1-59327-574-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-574-7
Publisher: William Pollock
Production Editor: Riley Hoffman
Cover Design: Beth Middleworth
Illustrator: Miran Lipovača
Developmental Editor: Jennifer Griffith-Delgado
Copyeditor: Rachel Monaghan
Compositor: Riley Hoffman
Proofreader: Paula L. Fleming
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of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bueno, Carlos, 1979-
Lauren Ipsum : a story about computer science and other improbable things / Carlos Bueno.
pages cm
Summary: Lauren, a clever girl lost in Userland, applies logic and problem solving skills to find her
way home, encountering along the way such concepts as timing attacks, algorithm design, and the
traveling salesman problem.
ISBN 978-1-59327-574-7 -- ISBN 1-59327-574-9
[1. Computer science--Fiction. 2. Problem solving--Fiction. 3. Fantasy.] I. Title.
PZ7.1.B84Lau 2014
[Fic]--dc23
2014035552
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