WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/796444132

Engines of logic : mathematicians and the origin of the computer

The breathtakingly rapid pace of change in computing makes it easy to overlook the pioneers who began it all. Written by Martin Davis, respected logician and researcher in the theory of computation, The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing explores the fascinating lives, ideas, and discoveries of seven remarkable mathematicians. It tells the stories of the unsung heroes of the computer age -- the logicians. The story begins with Leibniz in the 17th century and then focuses on Boole, Frege, Cantor, Hilbert, and Godel, before turning to Turing. Turing's analysis of algorithmic pro.

Open All Close All

type

about

http://schema.org/about

alternateName

http://schema.org/alternateName

  • "Mathematicians and the origin of the computer"@en
  • "Mathematicians and the origin of the computer"
  • "Road from Leibniz to Turing"

author

contributor

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • "The author looks at mathematical pioneers and the development of computers, focusing on the contributions of such innovators as G.W. Leibniz, George Boole, Gottlob Frege, Georg Cantor, David Hilbert, Kurt Gödel, and Alan Turing."
  • "The breathtakingly rapid pace of change in computing makes it easy to overlook the pioneers who began it all. Written by Martin Davis, respected logician and researcher in the theory of computation, The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing explores the fascinating lives, ideas, and discoveries of seven remarkable mathematicians. It tells the stories of the unsung heroes of the computer age -- the logicians. The story begins with Leibniz in the 17th century and then focuses on Boole, Frege, Cantor, Hilbert, and Godel, before turning to Turing. Turing's analysis of algorithmic pro."@en
  • "Computers are ubiquitous yet to many they remain objects of irreducible mystery. This text looks at the question of how today's computers can perform such a variety of tasks if computing is just glorified arithmetic. The author illustrates how the answer lies in the fact that computers are essentially engines of logic and that their hardware and software embody concepts developed over centuries by logicians. "Engines of Logic" gives the reader a clear explanation of how and why computers work."
  • ""This book is about the underlying concepts on which our modern computers are based and about the people who developed these concepts ... it includes the stories of the lives of these people and explains some of their thought."@en
  • "The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing."
  • "The breathtakingly rapid pace of change in computing makes it easy to overlook the pioneers who began it all. Written by Martin Davis, respected logician and researcher in the theory of computation, The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing explores the fascinating lives, ideas, and discoveries of seven remarkable mathematicians. It tells the stories of the unsung heroes of the computer age the logicians."

genre

http://schema.org/genre

  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Livres électroniques"

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "Engines of logic : mathematicians and the origin of the computer"@en
  • "Engines of logic : mathematicians and the origin of the computer"
  • "Tietokoneen esihistoria Leibnizista Turingiin"@fi
  • "Tietokoneen esihistoria Leibnizista Turingiin"
  • "The universal computer : the road from Leibniz to Turing"@en
  • "The universal computer : the road from Leibniz to Turing"
  • "Engines of logic mathematicians and the origin of the computer"
  • "Engines of logic : mathematicians and the origins of the computer"
  • "The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing"
  • "The universal computer the road from Leibniz to Turing"@en
  • "The universal computer the road from Leibniz to Turing"
  • "The Universal computer : the road from Leibniz to Turing"
  • "The universal computer the road from Liebniz [sic] to Turing"

workExample