The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibnitz to Turing di Martin Davis edito da W W NORTON & CO
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The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibnitz to Turing

The Road from Leibnitz to Turing

EAN:

9780393047851

ISBN:

0393047857

Pagine:
272
Formato:
Hardback
Lingua:
Inglese
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Descrizione The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibnitz to Turing

Computers are everywhere today--at work, in the bank, in artist's studios, sometimes even in our pockets--yet 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 essentially 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. The Universal Computer traces the development of these concepts by exploring with captivating detail the lives and work of the geniuses who first formulated them. Readers will come away with a revelatory understanding of how and why computers work and how the algorithms within them came to be.

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