The Advent Of The Algorithm

The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer by DavidBerlinski. ISBN 0156013916

In The Advent of the Algorithm, David Berlinski combines science, history, and math to explain and explore the intriguing story of how the algorithm was finally discovered by a succession of mathematicians and logicians, and how this paved the way for the digital age. Beginning with Leibniz and culminating in the middle of the twentieth century with the groundbreaking work of Gödel and Turing, The Advent of the Algorithm is an epic tale told with clarity and imaginative brilliance.

"DavidBerlinski is the author of three novels and four works of non-fiction, including the bestselling A Tour of the Calculus. Berlinski received his Ph.D. from PrincetonUniversity? and is a regular contributor to Commentary and Forbes. He lives in Paris." -- Amazon review

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