First edition, hardcover, has a slight lean to binding, and very slight bumps to spine ends, otherwise a solid, tight, clean VG+ copy in like dust jacket which has very slight bumps to spine ends and corners, touch of shelfwear to edges, and some faint rubbing.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea that Rules the World

Publisher

Harcourt, Inc, New York

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0151003386

ISBN 13

9780151003389

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition.

Condition

Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good+

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Mathematics

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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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