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The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea That Rules the World

by David Berlinski

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The algorithm is just code, but it makes things happen. It's the set of abstract, detailed instructions that makes computers run. Any programmer can invent a new algorithm-and many have become millionaires doing just that. Computers, the Internet, virtual reality-our world is being transformed before our eyes, all because some quirky logicians and mathematicians followed the dream of ultimate abstraction and invented the algorithm. Beginning with Leibniz and culminating in the middle of this century with the work of little-known geniuses and eccentrics like Gödel and Turing, David Berlinski tells this epic tale with clarity and imaginative brilliance. You don't have to be a programmer or a math buff to enjoy his book. All you have to do is be fascinated by the greatest innovation of the twentieth century.

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About the Author

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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Product Details

ISBN:
9780151003389
Subtitle:
The Idea that Rules the World
Author:
Berlinski, David
Author:
Berlinski, David
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Location:
San Diego
Subject:
History
Subject:
Programming - General
Subject:
Algebra - General
Subject:
Computer Mathematics
Subject:
Algorithms
Subject:
History -- Philosophy.
Subject:
Programming - Algorithms
Copyright:
2000
Edition Number:
1st Harvard ed.
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Series Volume:
2001-4
Publication Date:
20000331
Binding:
Hardback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in
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