It began with Babbage the genesis of computer science / Subrata Dasgupta.

Author/creator Dasgupta, Subrata
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Descriptionx, 328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 295-310) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013023202
ISBN9780199309412 (alk. paper)

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