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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
by Dyson, George
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0375422773
- ISBN 13
- 9780375422775
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest shelf wear to the book and jacket; bottom corner of endpaper creased, front panel of dj sunned. Clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. A Wall Street Journal Best Business Book of 2012. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012. The story of the invention of computers has been told many times, from many different points of view, but seldom as authoritatively and with as much detail as George Dyson has done. . . . Turings Cathedral will enthrall computer enthusiasts. . . . Employing letters, memoirs, oral histories and personal interviews, Dyson organizes his book around the personalities of the men (and occasional woman) behind the computer, and does a splendid job in bringing them to life.The Seattle Times. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!
Synopsis
George Dyson is a historian of technology whose interests include the development (and redevelopment) of the Aleut kayak ( Baidarka), the evolution of digital computing and telecommunications (Darwin Among the Machines), and the exploration of space (Project Orion).
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- Bookseller
- The Book Shed
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2004970
- Title
- Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
- Author
- Dyson, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375422773
- ISBN 13
- 9780375422775
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
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