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The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing

By Martin Davis

Book information

Publisher
Norton
Year
2000
ISBN
0393047857, 9780393047851
LCC
QA76.17
Google Books ID
Ra7c-abrDuYC
Open Library ID
OL22008672M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2343959 bytes)
Pages
271\271
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

How do today's computers perform such a wide variety of tasks? Davis illustrates how 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, Kurt Godel and Alan Turing.

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