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The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea That Rules the World.
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The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea That Rules the World. Hardcover - 2000

by Berlinski, David

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first

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New York, San Diego, London: Harcourt, (c2000). Small, pale spot on top edges, else Near fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2000.
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  • Title The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea That Rules the World.
  • Author Berlinski, David
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harcourt, (c2000), New York, San Diego, London
  • Date 2000
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 009878
  • ISBN 9780151003389 / 0151003386
  • Weight 1.39 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.25 x 1.18 in (23.62 x 15.88 x 3.00 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Algorithms
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-43755
  • Dewey Decimal Code 511.8

Summary

The algorithm is just code, but it makes things happen. It's the set of abstract, detailed instructions that makes computers run. Any programmer can invent a new algorithm-and many have become millionaires doing just that. Computers, the Internet, virtual reality-our world is being transformed before our eyes, all because some quirky logicians and mathematicians followed the dream of ultimate abstraction and invented the algorithm. Beginning with Leibniz and culminating in the middle of this century with the work of little-known geniuses and eccentrics like Gödel and Turing, David Berlinski tells this epic tale with clarity and imaginative brilliance. You don't have to be a programmer or a math buff to enjoy his book. All you have to do is be fascinated by the greatest innovation of the twentieth century.

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