The logician and the engineer : how George Boole and Claude Shannon created the information age
Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use--from our computers and cars, to our kitchen gadgets and home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established in the Victorian era become the basis for such incredible technological a...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprog: | Anglais |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press
2011.
Palo Alto, Calif : ebrary 2011. |
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Notes bibliogr. Index La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de 244 p. Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • The logician and the engineer, Texte imprimé, 9781283578783 |
| Summary: | Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use--from our computers and cars, to our kitchen gadgets and home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established in the Victorian era become the basis for such incredible technological achievements a century later? In The Logician and the Engineer, best-selling popular math writer Paul Nahin combines engaging problems and a colorful historical narrative to tell the remarkable story of how two men in different eras--mathematician and philosopher George Boole (1815-1864) an |
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| Emne beskrivelse: | Notes bibliogr. Index La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de 244 p. Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur |
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| ISBN: | 9781400844654 |
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