The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea that Rules the World
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000
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- Title
- The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea that Rules the World
- Author
- Berlinski, David
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0151003386
- ISBN 13
- 9780151003389
A history of the development of the computer focuses on the people whose innovative mathematical work in algorithms and codes made the computer a reality, discussing its beginnings with Liebnitz and profiling unsung geniuses like G÷del and Turing. 50,000 first printing. First serial, Harpers. BOMC.
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David Berlinski is the author of three novels and four works of nonfiction, most recently the bestselling A Tour of the Calculus. Berlinski received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and is a regular contributor to Commentary; his essays on Darwinism and the Big Bang have become famous; he also writes for Forbes ASAP. He lives in San Francisco.
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