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The universal computer : the road from Leibniz to Turing /

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"The breathtakingly rapid pace of change in computing makes it easy to overlook the pioneers who began it all. Written by Martin Davis, respected logician and researcher in the theory of computation, The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing explores the fascinating lives, ideas,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Martin, 1928-2023 (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2018]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Electronic digital computers > History.
Mathematicians > Biography.
Ordinateurs > Histoire.
Mathématiciens > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
COMPUTERS > Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS > Computer Science.
COMPUTERS > Data Processing.
COMPUTERS > Hardware > General.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
COMPUTERS > Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS > Reference.
Mathematicians
Electronic digital computers
Computers
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to Third Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Preface; Introduction; 1: Leibnizs Dream; 2: Boole Turns Logic into Algebra; George Booles Hard Life; 3: Frege: From Breakthrough to Despair; 4: Cantor: Detour through Infinity; 5: Hilbert to the Rescue; 6: Gadel Upsets the Applecart; 7: Turing Conceives the All-Purpose Computer; 8: Making the First Universal Computers; 9: Beyond Leibnizs Dream; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.