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A History of Algorithms: From the Pebble to the Microchip

By Jean-Luc Chabert , C. Weeks , E. Barbin , J. Borowczyk , J.-L. Chabert , M. Guillemot , A. Michel-Pajus , A. Djebbar , J.-C. Martzloff

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1999
ISBN
3-540-63369-3, 9783540633693
LCC
QA58 .H5813 1998
Open Library ID
OL360413M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
7 MB (6880511 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
524\533
Library
Great Science Textbooks DVD Library 2007
Time added
2009-10-26 09:21:54

Description

A Source Book for the History of Mathematics, but one which offers a different perspective by focusinng on algorithms. With the development of computing has come an awakening of interest in algorithms. Often neglected by historians and modern scientists, more concerned with the nature of concepts, algorithmic procedures turn out to have been instrumental in the development of fundamental ideas: practice led to theory just as much as the other way round. The purpose of this book is to offer a historical background to contemporary algorithmic practice.

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