Ideas That Created the Future(English, Paperback, Lewis Harry)

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Ideas That Created the Future(English, Paperback, Lewis Harry) is written by Lewis Harry and published by MIT Press Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0262045303 (ISBN 10) and 9780262045308 (ISBN 13).

Classic papers by thinkers ranging from from Aristotle and Leibniz to Norbert Wiener and Gordon Moore that chart the evolution of computer science. Ideas That Created the Future collects forty-six classic papers in computer science that map the evolution of the field. It covers all aspects of computer science: theory and practice, architectures and algorithms, and logic and software systems, with an emphasis on the period of 1936-1980 but also including important early work. Offering papers by thinkers ranging from Aristotle and Leibniz to Alan Turing and Nobert Wiener, the book documents the discoveries and inventions that created today's digital world. Each paper is accompanied by a brief essay by Harry Lewis, the volume's editor, offering historical and intellectual context.