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The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer

by David Berlinski

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Simply put, an algorithm is a set of instructions-it's the code that makes computers run. A basic idea that proved elusive for hundreds of years and bent the minds of the greatest thinkers in the world, the algorithm is what made the modern world possible. Without the algorithm, there would have been no computer, no Internet, no virtual reality, no e-mail, or any other technological advance that we rely on every day.

In The Advent of the Algorithm, David Berlinski combines science, history, and math to explain and explore the intriguing story of how the algorithm was finally discovered by a succession of mathematicians and logicians, and how this paved the way for the digital age. Beginning with Leibniz and culminating in the middle of the twentieth century with the groundbreaking work of Gödel and Turing, The Advent of the Algorithm is an epic tale told with clarity and imaginative brilliance.

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"A deep and instructive account of the algorithm's _development and its role in modern life" (Scientific American) _from the bestselling author of A Tour of the Calculus

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A deep and instructive account of the algorithm's development and its role in modern life.This book combines history, science and math to explain and explore the intriguing story of this momentous discovery. Illustrations.

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David Berlinski is the author of three novels and four works of nonfiction, including the bestselling A Tour of the Calculus. Berlinski received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and is a regular contributor to Commentary and Forbes ASAP. He lives in Paris.
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ISBN:
9780156013918
Author:
Berlinski, David
Publisher:
Harvest Books
Subject:
General
Subject:
History
Subject:
Algorithms
Subject:
History -- Philosophy.
Subject:
Programming - Algorithms
Subject:
General Computers
Subject:
General Computers
Subject:
History of Science-General
Copyright:
2000
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20010531
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
band w line art
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
8 x 5.31 in 0.88 lb
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