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The universal computer : the road from Leibniz to Turing / Martin Davis.

By: Publication details: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2012.Edition: Turing centenary edDescription: xiv, 224 p. : ill., charts ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781466505193 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 004 23
LOC classification:
  • QA76.17 .D38 2012
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.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks QA76.17 .D38 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001212579

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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