Turing's Cathedral The Origins of the Digital Universe

Name: Turing's Cathedral The Origins of the Digital Universe
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ISBN: 9780375422775

ISBN-10: 0375422773

ISBN-13: 9780375422775

Edition: 2012

Authors: George Dyson

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Legendary historian and philosopher of science George Dyson vividly re-creates the scenes of focused experimentation, incredible mathematical insight, and pure creative genius that gave us computers, digital television, modern genetics, models of stellar evolution—in other words, computer code.In the 1940s and '50s, a group of eccentric geniuses—led by John von Neumann—gathered at the newly created Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Their joint project was the realization of the theoretical universal machine, an idea that had been put forth by mathematician Alan Turing. This group of brilliant engineers worked in isolation, almost entirely independent from industry and…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/6/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

George Dyson, the son of distinguished physicist Freeman Dyson, grew up immersed in the world of groundbreaking science. Dyson lives in Washington State.