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The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer
The Advent of the Algorithm The 300Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer
Author: David Berlinski
Simply put, an algorithm is a set of instructions-it's the code that makes computers run. A basic idea that proved elusive for hundreds of years and bent the minds of the greatest thinkers in the world, the algorithm is what made the modern world possible. Without the algorithm, there would have been no computer, no Internet, no virtual reality,...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780156013918
ISBN-10: 0156013916
Publication Date: 5/3/2001
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
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