Cover image for Turing's cathedral : the origins of the digital universe / George Dyson.
TITLE:
Turing's cathedral : the origins of the digital universe / George Dyson.
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
New York : Pantheon Books,
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
xxii, 401 p. : ill., map.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Legendary historian and philosopher of science George Dyson vividly re-creates the scenes of focused experimentation, incredible mathematical insight, and pure creative genius that gave us computers, digital television, modern genetics, models of stellar evolution--in other words, computer code.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780375422775