Turing's Cathedral - The Origins of the Digital Universe
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| Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
| Auflage | 2013 |
| Seiten | 432 |
| Format | 13,1 x 19,6 x 2,6 cm |
| Gewicht | 360 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 014101590X |
| EAN | 9780141015903 |
| Bestell-Nr | 14101590EA |
An unusual, wonderful, even visionary account of the early years of computers
Klappentext:
George Dyson\'s fascinating account of the early years of computers: Turing\'s Cathedral is the story behind how the PC, ipod, smartphone and almost every aspect of modern life came into being.
In 1945 a small group of brilliant engineers and mathematicians gathered at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, determined to build a computer that would make Alan Turing\'s theory of a \'universal machine\' reality. Led by the polymath émigré John von Neumann, they created the numerical framework that underpins almost all modern computing - and ensured that the world would never be the same again.
George Dyson is a historian of technology whose interests include the development (and redevelopment) of the Aleut kayak. He is the author of Baidarka; Project Orion; and Darwin Among the Machines.\'Unusual, wonderful, visionary\' Francis Spufford, Guardian\'Fascinating . . . the story Dyson tells is intensely human . . . a gripping account of ideas and inventionFascinating . . . the story Dyson tells is intensely human . . . a gripping account of ideas and invention\' Jenny Uglow\'Glorious . . . as much a story of the personalities involved as of the discoveries they made, and you do not need any knowledge of computers or mathematics to enjoy the ride . . . a ripping yarn\' John Gribbin, Literary Review
Rezension:
Riveting . . . conveys the electrifying sense of possibility that the first computers unleashed . . . a page-turner New Scientist
