Engines of Logic: Mathematicians and the Origin of the Computer - Tapa blanda

Davis, Martin

 
9780393322293: Engines of Logic: Mathematicians and the Origin of the Computer
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ISBN 10: 0393322297 ISBN 13: 9780393322293
Editorial: WW Norton & Co, 2001

Sinopsis

Computers are everywhere todayat work, in the bank, in artist's studios, in our pocketsyet they remain to many of us objects of irreducible mystery. How can today's computers perform such a bewildering variety of tasks if computing is just glorified arithmetic? The answer, as Martin Davis lucidly illustrates, lies in the fact that computers are engines of logic. Their hardware and software embody concepts developed over centuries by logicians such as Leibniz, Boole, and Godel, culminating in the amazing insights of Alan Turing. Readers will come away from this book with a revelatory understanding of how and why computers work. 8 b/w photographs. Published in hardcover as The Universal Computer.

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Acerca del autor

Martin Davis's other books include Computability and Unsolvability. A professor emeritus at New York University, he is currently a visiting scholar at the University of California-Berkeley.

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Editorial
WW Norton & Co
Año de publicación
2001
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393322297
ISBN 13 
9780393322293
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
272
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