Is an interesting topic and seems to have an interesting history, is there any good books on the topic? Something less academic and dry than I’d expect a floating point book to be but more all encompassing and accessible?
"The End of Error: Unum Computing" is written for a popular audience, not fellow mathematicians. Only high school math is needed, and it's got plenty of humor and full-color illustrations and figures, in an attempt to make a very dry topic into something interesting.
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Is an interesting topic and seems to have an interesting history, is there any good books on the topic? Something less academic and dry than I’d expect a floating point book to be but more all encompassing and accessible?
"The End of Error: Unum Computing" is written for a popular audience, not fellow mathematicians. Only high school math is needed, and it's got plenty of humor and full-color illustrations and figures, in an attempt to make a very dry topic into something interesting.
A book on posit arithmetic is in the works.