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245 10 a| Turing's cathedral :b| the origins of the digital universe /c| George Dyson.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Pantheon Books,c| 2012.;

300 a| xxii, 401 pages :b| illustrations, map ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-377) and index.;

520 a| "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. In the 1940s and '50s, a group of eccentric geniuses--led by John von Neumann--gathered at the newly created Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Their joint project was the realization of the theoretical universal machine, an idea that had been put forth by mathematician Alan Turing. This group of brilliant engineers worked in isolation, almost entirely independent from industry and the traditional academic community. But because they relied exclusively on government funding, the government wanted its share of the results: the computer that they built also led directly to the hydrogen bomb. George Dyson has uncovered a wealth of new material about this project, and in bringing the story of these men and women and their ideas to life, he shows how the crucial advancements that dominated twentieth-century technology emerged from one computer in one laboratory, where the digital universe as we know it was born"--c| Provided by publisher.;

505 0 a| 1953 -- Olden Farm -- Veblen's circle -- Neumann János -- MANIAC -- Fuld 219 -- 6J6 -- V-40 -- Cyclogenesis -- Monte Carlo -- Ulam's demons -- Barricelli's universe -- Turing's cathedral -- Engineer's dreams -- Theory of self-reproducing automata -- Mach 9 -- The tale of the big computer -- The thirty-ninth step.;

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Turing's cathedral : the origins of the digital universe / George Dyson.

Author/creator	Dyson, George, 1953-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Pantheon Books, 2012.
Description	xxii, 401 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Cover image
Subjects	Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957. Turing, Alan, 1912-1954 Computers--History. Turing machines. Computable functions. Random access memory.

Contents	1953 -- Olden Farm -- Veblen's circle -- Neumann János -- MANIAC -- Fuld 219 -- 6J6 -- V-40 -- Cyclogenesis -- Monte Carlo -- Ulam's demons -- Barricelli's universe -- Turing's cathedral -- Engineer's dreams -- Theory of self-reproducing automata -- Mach 9 -- The tale of the big computer -- The thirty-ninth step.
Abstract	"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. In the 1940s and '50s, a group of eccentric geniuses--led by John von Neumann--gathered at the newly created Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Their joint project was the realization of the theoretical universal machine, an idea that had been put forth by mathematician Alan Turing. This group of brilliant engineers worked in isolation, almost entirely independent from industry and the traditional academic community. But because they relied exclusively on government funding, the government wanted its share of the results: the computer that they built also led directly to the hydrogen bomb. George Dyson has uncovered a wealth of new material about this project, and in bringing the story of these men and women and their ideas to life, he shows how the crucial advancements that dominated twentieth-century technology emerged from one computer in one laboratory, where the digital universe as we know it was born"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract	"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-377) and index.
LCCN	2011030265
ISBN	9780375422775 (hardback)
ISBN	0375422773 (hardback)

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