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

Berlinski, David

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ISBN 10: 0151003386 ISBN 13: 9780151003389

Published by Harcourt, Inc., NY, 2000

Language: English

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

Publisher

Harcourt, Inc., NY

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0151003386

ISBN 13

9780151003389

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st

Condition

Near Fine

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Near Fine

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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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