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Turing's cathedral : the origins of the digital universe

Author:George Dyson (Author)

Summary: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. This bok is the story behind how the PC, ipod, smartphone and almost every aspect of modern life came into being

eBook, English, 2013

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Publisher: Penguin Books, London, 2013

Genre:History

Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations

ISBN:

9780718194505, 0718194500

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1052117833

Subjects:

Computable functions

Computer Science

Computer science Philosophy

Computers History

Fonctions calculables

History Of Engineering & Technology

Informatique Philosophie

Machines de Turing

Ordinateurs Histoire

Ordinateurs Mémoires à accès sélectif

Random access memory

Turing machines

Turing, Alan, 1912-1954

Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Print version:

Turing's cathedral.

Dyson, George, 1953-

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