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

David Berlinski

ISBN 10: 0151003386 / ISBN 13: 9780151003389

Published by Harcourt, Inc., NY, 2000

About this Item

345pp, 2000, First Edition, Hardback with intact dustjacket. No marks or tears. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall.

Seller Inventory # 007397

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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: Hardback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Intact Dustjacket
• Book Type: Book

About this title

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.