The universal computer :
Davis, Martin
The universal computer : the road from Leibniz to Turing by Martin Davis - 3rd ed. - Milton : CRC Press, ©2018 - xv, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1: Leibniza's Dream 2: Boole Turns Logic into Algebra
George Booleâs Hard Life 3: Frege: From Breakthrough to Despair 4: Cantor: Detour through Infinity 5: Hilbert to the Rescue 6: Godel Upsets the Applecart 7: Turing Conceives the All-Purpose Computer 8: Making the First Universal Computers 9: Beyond Leibniza's Dream
The breathtakingly rapid pace of change in computing makes it easy to overlook the pioneers who began it all. The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing explores the fascinating lives, ideas, and discoveries of seven remarkable mathematicians. It tells the stories of the unsung heroes of the computer age – the logicians.
9781138502086
Electronic digital computers -- History.
Mathematicians -- Biography.
621.381 / DAV-U
The universal computer : the road from Leibniz to Turing by Martin Davis - 3rd ed. - Milton : CRC Press, ©2018 - xv, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1: Leibniza's Dream 2: Boole Turns Logic into Algebra
George Booleâs Hard Life 3: Frege: From Breakthrough to Despair 4: Cantor: Detour through Infinity 5: Hilbert to the Rescue 6: Godel Upsets the Applecart 7: Turing Conceives the All-Purpose Computer 8: Making the First Universal Computers 9: Beyond Leibniza's Dream
The breathtakingly rapid pace of change in computing makes it easy to overlook the pioneers who began it all. The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing explores the fascinating lives, ideas, and discoveries of seven remarkable mathematicians. It tells the stories of the unsung heroes of the computer age – the logicians.
9781138502086
Electronic digital computers -- History.
Mathematicians -- Biography.
621.381 / DAV-U