The Advent Of The Algorithm (The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer)

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Simply put, an algorithm is a set of instructions-it's the code that makes computers run. A basic idea that proved elusive for hundreds of years and bent the minds of the greatest thinkers in the world, the algorithm is what made the modern world possible. Without the algorithm, there would have been no computer, no Internet, no virtual reality, no e-mail, or any other technological advance that we rely on every day.
In The Advent of the Algorithm, David Berlinski combines science, history, and math to explain and explore the intriguing story of how the algorithm was finally discovered by a succession of mathematicians and logicians, and how this paved the way for the digital age. Beginning with Leibniz and culminating in the middle of the twentieth century with the groundbreaking work of Gödel and Turing, The Advent of the Algorithm is an epic tale told with clarity and imaginative brilliance.

This book title, The Advent Of The Algorithm (The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer), ISBN: 9780156013918, by David Berlinski, published by HMH Books (May 3, 2001) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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Author:
David Berlinski
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
368
Publisher:
HMH Books (May 3, 2001)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9780156013918
ISBN-10:
0156013916
Weight:
11.52oz
Dimensions:
5.31" x 8"
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100
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