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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 di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Martin, 1928-2023 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2012.
Edición:Turing centenary ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Leibniz's dream
  • Boole turns logic into algebra
  • Frege : from breakthrough to despair
  • Cantor : detour through infinity
  • Hilbert to the rescue
  • Gödel upsets the applecart
  • Turing conceives of the all-purpose computer
  • Making the first universal computers
  • Beyond Leibniz's dream.