TURING'S CATHEDRAL : THE ORIGINS OF THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE
Εκδότης Penguin , ISBN 9780141015903
George Dyson's fascinating account of the early years of computers: Turing's Cathedral is the story behind how the PC, ipod, smartphone and almost every aspect of modern life came into being. In 1945 a small group of brilliant engineers and mathematicians gathered at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, determined to build a computer that would make Alan Turing's theory of a 'universal machine' reality. Led by the polymath emigre John von Neumann, they created the numerical framework that underpins almost all modern computing - and ensured that the world would never be the same again.
George Dyson is a historian of technology whose interests include the development (and redevelopment) of the Aleut kayak. He is the author of Baidarka; Project Orion; and Darwin Among the Machines. 'Unusual, wonderful, visionary' Francis Spufford, Guardian'Fascinating .
. . the story Dyson tells is intensely human .
. . a gripping account of ideas and inventionFascinating .
. . the story Dyson tells is intensely human .
. . a gripping account of ideas and invention' Jenny Uglow'Glorious .
. . as much a story of the personalities involved as of the discoveries they made, and you do not need any knowledge of computers or mathematics to enjoy the ride .
. . a ripping yarn' John Gribbin, Literary Review
Περίληψη
George Dyson's fascinating account of the early years of computers: Turing's Cathedral is the story behind how the PC, ipod, smartphone and almost every aspect of modern life came into being. In 1945 a small group of brilliant engineers and mathematicians gathered at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, determined to build a computer that would make Alan Turing's theory of a 'universal machine' reality. Led by the polymath emigre John von Neumann, they created the numerical framework that underpins almost all modern computing - and ensured that the world would never be the same again.
George Dyson is a historian of technology whose interests include the development (and redevelopment) of the Aleut kayak. He is the author of Baidarka; Project Orion; and Darwin Among the Machines. 'Unusual, wonderful, visionary' Francis Spufford, Guardian'Fascinating .
. . the story Dyson tells is intensely human .
. . a gripping account of ideas and inventionFascinating .
. . the story Dyson tells is intensely human .
. . a gripping account of ideas and invention' Jenny Uglow'Glorious .
. . as much a story of the personalities involved as of the discoveries they made, and you do not need any knowledge of computers or mathematics to enjoy the ride .
. . a ripping yarn' John Gribbin, Literary Review
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Dyson, George
- Eκδότης Penguin
- ISBN 9780141015903
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100083401
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2013
- Σελίδες 432
- Διαστάσεις
- Βάρος 350 gr