A History of Algorithms: From the Pebble to the Microchip Paperback - 1999 - 1999th Edition
by Jean-Luc Chabert (Editor); C. Weeks (Translator); Contribution by E. Barbin
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Algorithms have been around since the beginning of time and existed well before a special word had been coined to describe them.
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A Source Book for the History of Mathematics, but one which offers a different perspective by focusing on algorithms. With the development of computing has come an awakening of interest in algorithms. Often neglegted by historians and modern scientists, more concerned with the nature of concepts, algorithmic procedures turn out to have been instrumental in the development of fundamental ideas: practice led to theory just as much as the other way round. The purpose of this book is to offer a historical background to contemporary algorithmic practice. Each chapter centres around a theme, more or less in chronological order, and the story is told through the reading of over 200 original texts, faithfully reproduced. This provides an opportunity for the reader to sit alongside such mathematicians as Archimedes, Omar Khayyam, Newton, Euler and Gauss as they explain their techniques. The book ends with an account of the development of the modern concept of algorithm.
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- Title A History of Algorithms: From the Pebble to the Microchip
- Author Jean-Luc Chabert (Editor); C. Weeks (Translator); Contribution by E. Barbin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1999th
- Edition 1999
- Pages 524
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Springer, Berlin
- Date 1999-08-20
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9783540633693 / 3540633693
- Weight 1.79 lbs (0.81 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.12 x 0.85 in (23.50 x 15.54 x 2.16 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-20468
- Dewey Decimal Code 511.8
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