The universal computer : the road from Leibniz to Turing /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Davis, Martin, 1928-2023 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2012.
Edition:Turing centenary ed.
Subjects:
Electronic digital computers > History.
Ordinateurs > Histoire.
COMPUTERS > Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS > Computer Science.
COMPUTERS > Data Processing.
COMPUTERS > Hardware > General.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
COMPUTERS > Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS > Reference.
Electronic digital computers
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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