The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing
by Martin Davis
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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.Tags
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anonymous user Another story about Logic and the contribution of Leibniz, Cantor, Frege etc.
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More (logic-oriented) mathematics than computer science. Rather elementary coverage of Leibniz, Boole, Frege, Cantor, Hilbert, Gödel, Turing.
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Martin Davis, a professor emeritus at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and a frequent lecturer, is currently a visiting scholar at the University of California in Berkeley.
Common Knowledge
- Original title
- Engines of Logic: Mathematicians and the Origin of the Computer
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz; George Boole; Gottlob Frege; Georg Cantor; David Hilbert; Kurt Gödel (show all 7); Alan Turing
Classifications
- Genres
- Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 004.09 — Computer science, information & general works Computer science, knowledge & systems Computer science standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography
- LCC
- QA76.17 .D38 — Science Mathematics Mathematics Instruments and machines Calculating machines Electronic computers. Computer science
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 2
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- Languages
- 5 — English, Finnish, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 20
- ASINs
- 3
