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It began with Babbage : the genesis of computer science
- Title
- It began with Babbage : the genesis of computer science / Subrata Dasgupta.
- Author
- Dasgupta, Subrata
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/text | Use in library | JBE 18-699 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 328 pages; 25 cm
- Alternative Title
- Genesis of computer science
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-310) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue -- Leibniz's theme, Babbage's dream -- Weaving algebraic patterns -- Missing links -- Entscheidungsproblem : what's in a word? -- Towards a holy grail -- Intermezzo -- A tangled web of inventions -- A paradigm is born -- A liminal artifact of an uncommon nature -- Glimpses of a scientific style -- I compute, therefore I am -- "The best way to design" -- Language games -- Going heuristic -- An explosion of subparadigms -- Aesthetica -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JBE 18-699
- ISBN
- 9780199309412 (alk. paper)
- 0199309418 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2013023202
- OCLC
- 851068423
- Author
- Dasgupta, Subrata, author.
- Title
- It began with Babbage : the genesis of computer science / Subrata Dasgupta.
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-310) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 18-699