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TURING'S CATHEDRAL : THE ORIGINS OF THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE

Dyson, George

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

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