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The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer
Contributor(s): Berlinski, David (Author)

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 ISBN: 0156013916     ISBN-13: 9780156013918
Publisher: Mariner Books
OUR PRICE: $20.89  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2001
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Annotation: A deep and instructive account of the algorithm's development and its role in modern life.This book combines history, science and math to explain and explore the intriguing story of this momentous discovery. Illustrations.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Science | History
- Mathematics | History & Philosophy
- Computers | Programming - Algorithms
Dewey: 511.8
LCCN: 98043755
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.45" W x 7.98" L (0.87 lbs) 368 pages
Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: American Spectator 03/01/2002 pg. 79
 
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Publisher Description:
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 G del and Turing, The Advent of the Algorithm is an epic tale told with clarity and imaginative brilliance.


Contributor Bio(s): Berlinski, David: -

David Berlinski is the author of three novels and four works of nonfiction, including the bestselling A Tour of the Calculus. Berlinski received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and is a regular contributor to Commentary and Forbes ASAP. He lives in Paris.
 
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