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The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibnitz to Turing
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The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibnitz to Turing Hardcover - 2000

by Martin Davis; Martin David

"The Universal Computer" traces the development of computer concepts by exploring with captivating detail the lives and work of the geniuses who first formulated them. Readers can come away with a revelatory understanding of how and why computers work and how the algorithms within them came to be. Major review attention.


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SITUATED SOUTHEAST OF the German city of Hanover, the ore-rich veins of the Harz mountain region had been mined since the middle of the tenth century.

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  • Title The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibnitz to Turing
  • Author Martin Davis; Martin David
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 270
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2000-10-17
  • Features Dust Cover
  • ISBN 9780393047851 / 0393047857
  • Weight 1.26 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.48 x 6.32 x 1.02 in (24.08 x 16.05 x 2.59 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Electronic digital computers - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00040200
  • Dewey Decimal Code 004.09

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Citations

  • Choice, 05/01/2001, Page 1656
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/09/2000, Page 84
  • Scitech Book News, 03/01/2001, Page 20
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