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The universal computer : the road from Leibniz to Turing / Martin Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Martin, 1928-2023, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electronic digital computers--History.
- Electronic digital computers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Edition:
- Turing centenary ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 Gödel, before turning to T
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-14583-9
- 1-283-59621-0
- 9786613908667
- 1-4665-0520-6
- 9781315145839
- OCLC:
- 773034282
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