Universal Computer The Road from Leibniz to Turing

Name: Universal Computer The Road from Leibniz to Turing
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ISBN: 9780393047851

ISBN-10: 0393047857

ISBN-13: 9780393047851

Edition: 2000

Authors: Martin Davis

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How do computers perform such a wide variety of tasks? The answer lies in the fact that computers are essentially engines of logic. Their hardware and software embodies concepts developed by logicians sugh as Gottfried Leibniz and Kurt Godel.

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 270
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



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


References


Index