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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, Fla. :
CRC Press
2012.
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| Edition: | Turing centenary ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009633628306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Leibniz's dream
- Boole turns logic into algebra
- Frege : from breakthrough to despair
- Cantor : detour through infinity
- Hilbert to the rescue
- Godel upsets the applecart
- Turing conceives of the all-purpose computer
- Making the first universal computers
- Beyond Leibniz's dream
- Epilogue
- Notes.
