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The logician and the engineer : how George Boole and Claude Shannon created the information age /

Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use--from our computers and cars, to our kitchen gadgets and home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established in the Victorian era become the basis for such incredible technological a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nahin, Paul J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Boole, George, > 1815-1864.
Shannon, Claude Elwood, > 1916-2001.
Logicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Electrical engineers > United States > Biography.
Computer logic.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • George Boole and Claude Shannon : two mini-biographies
  • Boolean algebra
  • Logical switching circuits
  • Boole, Shannon, and probability
  • Some combinatorial design logic examples
  • Sequential-state digital circuits
  • Turing machines
  • Beyond Boole and Shannon
  • For the future : the anti-amphibological machine.