Subrata Dasgupta

It Began with Babbage

The Genesis of Computer Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A complete and accessible history of computer science, beginning with Charles Babbage in 1819.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780199309412
• ISBN-10: 0199309418
• Artikelnr.: 39219193

Autorenporträt

Subrata Dasgupta holds a Ph.D in computer science from the University of Alberta. He is a scholar, writer, and professor whose work focuses on the nature of creativity across a variety of fields, most notably computer science. He is the author of fourteen books, including Technology and Creativity (OUP USA , 1996)

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
1. Leibniz's Theme, Babbage's Dream
2. Weaving Algebraic Patterns
3. Missing Links
4. Entscheidungsproblem : What's in a Word?
5. Towards a Holy Grail
6. Intermezzo
7. A Tangled Web of Inventions
8. A Paradigm is Born
9. A Liminal Artifact of an Uncommon Nature
10. Glimpses of a Scientific Style
11. I Compute, Therefore I Am
12. 'The Best Way to Design ...'
13. Language Games
14. Going Heuristic
15. An Explosion of Subparadigms
16. Aesthetica
Epilogue
Dramatis personae
Bibliography