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

Simply put, an algorithm is a set of instructions-it's the code that makes computers run. A basic...
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Author: David Berlinski
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The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer by Berlinski, David

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

BD$35.23

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

BD$35.23
Author: David Berlinski
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.



Author: David Berlinski
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 05/03/2001
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.45w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9780156013918


Review Citation(s):
American Spectator 03/01/2002 pg. 79

About the Author
Berlinski, David: -

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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