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George Dyson Turing's Cathedral (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Turing's Cathedral
- Title
- Turing's Cathedral
- Subtitle
- The Origins of the Digital Universe
- ISBN-10
- 014101590X
- EAN
- 9780141015903
- ISBN
- 9780141015903
- Genre
- Science Nature & Math
- Release Year
- 2013
- Release Date
- 28/02/2013
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Length
- 130mm
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Turing's Cathedral: the Origins of the Digital Universe
- Item Height
- 198mm
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Item Width
- 129mm
- Subject
- Engineering & Technology, Computer Science, Science
- Item Weight
- 362g
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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How did computers take over the world? This is the story of how the PC, ipod, smartphone and almost every aspect of modern life came into being. 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
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Penguin Books Ltd
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9780141015903
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Publication Name
Turing's Cathedral: the Origins of the Digital Universe
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology, Computer Science, Science
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
432 Pages
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198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
362g
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