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Alan Turing's Systems of Logic: The Princeton Thesis
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Alan Turing's Systems of Logic: The Princeton Thesis
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Andrew W. Appel
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:160 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178 |
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| Category/Genre | History of mathematics
Computer science |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691164731
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| Classifications | Dewey:511.3 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
16 November 2014 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Between inventing the concept of a universal computer in 1936 and breaking the German Enigma code during World War II, Alan Turing (1912-1954), the British founder of computer science and artificial intelligence, came to Princeton University to study mathematical logic. Some of the greatest logicians in the world--including Alonzo Church, Kurt Gode
Author Biography
Andrew W. Appel is the Eugene Higgins Professor and Chairman of the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University.
Reviews"This book presents the story of Turing's work at Princeton University and includes a facsimile of his doctoral dissertation, 'Systems of Logic Based on Ordinals,' which he completed in 1936. The author includes a detailed history of Turing's work in computer science and the attempts to ground the field in formal logic."--Mathematics Teacher "This book is not for the faint hearted, as with the great masters of painting it will insist that some thought goes into appreciating it... I love the book as a book. It is a collectors item and after all what better pursuit can one have than collecting books!"--Patrick Fogarty, Mathematics Today
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