Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 15:20:41 -0400 (AST) Subject: Book on semantics of computation Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 18:47:57 +0100 From: Andrew Pitts BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Semantics and Logics of Computation Edited by Andrew M Pitts University of Cambridge and P Dybjer Chalmers University The aim of this volume is to present modern developments in semantics and logics of computation in a way that is accessible to graduate students. The book is based on a summer school at the Isaac Newton Institute and consists of a sequence of linked lecture courses. The authors are leaders in their fields and much of material they present was either not previously accessible, or not accessible in such a digestible form. Contents S. Abramsky, Semantics of interaction: an introduction to game semantics. T. Coquand, Computational content of classical logic M. Hofmann, Syntax and semantics of dependent types M. Hyland, Game semantics E. Moggi, Metalanguages and applications A. Pitts, Operationally-based theories of program equivalence G. Winskel and M. Nielsen, Categories in concurrency Hardback ISBN 0521580579 Published by Cambridge University Press January 1997 UKL 35.00 Ordering information at: http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/order/ordertop.html (email: information@cup.cam.ac.uk).