The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer Contributor(s): Berlinski, David (Author), Holland, Dennis (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1511318147 ISBN-13: 9781511318143 Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: MP3 CD - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2016 * Out of Print * |
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BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Mathematics | History & Philosophy - Computers | History |
Dewey: 511.8 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 6.7" L (0.15 lbs) |
Features: Price on Product, Unabridged |
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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 Gdel 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 five works of nonfiction, including the bestselling A Tour of the Calculus. Berlinksi 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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