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Engines of Logic: Mathematicians and the Origin of the Computer (Paperback)

by Martin Davis (Author) "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..." (more)
Key Phrases: halting set, unary string, transfinite ordinal numbers, Continuum Hypothesis, Alan Turing, Bertrand Russell (more...)
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Publishers Weekly
A thoroughly enjoyable mix of biographical portraits and theoretical mathematics...full of well-honed anecdotes and telling detail.

Wired, Peter Wayner, December 2000
[A]n elegant history of the search for the boundaries of logic and the machines that live within them.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 2 edition (September 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393322297
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393322293
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  (5 customer reviews)
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