Author: Jon Dart
Date: 11:16:51 02/10/01
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>For instance, in physics Richard Feinman was noted for his ability to explain >things clearly. So much so, that other physicists would come to him and explain >*there* ideas to *him*. He would then explain the *same* idea *back* to them in >his own inimitable and clear way and they would thereby understand their *own* >idea better. > I went to Caltech in the 1970s and have heard Feynman speak. His textbooks are a model of clarity, at least up till volume 3 (which is difficult, IMO). However, I have to say that in person, I had the sensation of understanding but it sometimes didn't make a lot of sense (to me) afterwards. But, I was an engineering major .. I'm sure other physics gurus sucked it in and retained it better. To get back to the poster's original question, I'd recommend looking at a simple alpha-beta implementation like TSCP (see http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~kerrigat/). As noted elsewhere Heinz's book is for experts and much of it presumes a detailed knowledge of how alpha-beta works. --Jon
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