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Book Description

The breathtakingly rapid pace of change in computing makes it easy to overlook the pioneers who began it all. The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing explores the fascinating lives, ideas, and discoveries of seven remarkable mathematicians. It tells the stories of the unsung heroes of the computer age – the logicians.

 

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface to Third Edition
  8. Preface to Second Edition
  9. Preface
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 Leibniz’s Dream
  12. 2 Boole Turns Logic into Algebra
    1. George Boole’s Hard Life
  13. 3 Frege: From Breakthrough to Despair
  14. 4 Cantor: Detour through Infinity
  15. 5 Hilbert to the Rescue
  16. 6 Gödel Upsets the Applecart
  17. 7 Turing Conceives the All-Purpose Computer
  18. 8 Making the First Universal Computers
  19. 9 Beyond Leibniz’s Dream
  20. Epilogue
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index
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