It began with Babbage the genesis of computer science / Subrata Dasgupta.
| Author/creator | Dasgupta, Subrata |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, [2014] |
| Description | x, 328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Genesis of computer science, 1819-1969 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-310) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013023202 |
| ISBN | 9780199309412 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |