Classic papers by thinkers ranging from from Aristotle and Leibniz to Norbert Wiener and Gordon Moore that chart the evolution of computer science.
Classic papers by thinkers ranging from from Aristotle and Leibniz to Norbert Wiener and Gordon Moore that chart the evolution of computer science.
Ideas That Created the Future collects forty-six classic papers in computer science that map the evolution of the field. It covers all aspects of computer science- theory and practice, architectures and algorithms, and logic and software systems, with an emphasis on the period of 1936-1980 but also including important early work. Offering papers by thinkers ranging from Aristotle and Leibniz to Alan Turing and Nobert Wiener, the book documents the discoveries and inventions that created today's digital world. Each paper is accompanied by a brief essay by Harry Lewis, the volume's editor, offering historical and intellectual context.
By:
Harry Lewis
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 178mm,
Weight: 368g
ISBN: 9780262045308
ISBN 10: 0262045303
Pages: 520
Publication Date: 04 May 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1 Prior Analytics (∼350 BCE) 1 2 The True Method (1677) 5 3 Sketch of the Analytical Engine (1843) 9 4 An Investigation of the Laws of Thought on Which Are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities (1854) 27 5 Mathematical Problems (1900) 45 6 On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem (1936) 51 7 A Proposed Automatic Calculating Machine (1937) 61 8 A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits (1938) 71 9 A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity (1943) 79 10 First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC (1945) 89 11 As We May Think (1945) 107 12 A Mathematical Theory of Communication (1948) 121 13 Error Detecting and Error Correcting Codes (1950) 135 14 Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950) 147 15 The Best Way to Design an Automatic Calculating Machine (1951) 165 16 The Education of a Computer (1952) 169 17 On the Shortest Spanning Subtree of a Graph and the Traveling Salesman Problem (1956) 179 18 The Perceptron: A Probabilistic Model for Information Storage and Organization (1958) 183 19 Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation (1960) 191 20 Man–Computer Symbiosis (1960) 201 21 Recursive Functions of Symbolic Expressions and Their Computation by Machine (1960) 213 22 Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework (1962) 225 23 An Experimental Time-Sharing System (1962) 237 24 Sketchpad (1963) 251 25 Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits (1965) 261 26 Solution of a Problem in Concurrent Program Control (1965) 267 27 ELIZA—A Computer Program for the Study of Natural Language Communication between Man and Machine (1966) 271 28 The Structure of the “THE”-Multiprogramming System (1968) 279 29 Go To Statement Considered Harmful (1968) 289 30 Gaussian Elimination is Not Optimal (1969) 293 31 An Axiomatic Basis for Computer Programming (1969) 297 32 A Relational Model of Large Shared Data Banks (1970) 307 33 Managing the Development of Large Software Systems (1970) 321 34 The Complexity of Theorem-Proving Procedures (1971) 333 35 A Statistical Interpretation of Term Specificity and Its Application in Retrieval (1972) 339 36 Reducibility among Combinatorial Problems (1972) 349 37 The Unix Time-Sharing System (1974) 357 38 A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication (1974) 373 39 Programming with Abstract Data Types (1974) 387 40 The Mythical Man-Month (1975) 399 41 Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks (1976) 407 42 New Directions in Cryptography (1976) 421 43 Big Omicron and Big Omega and Big Theta (1976) 441 44 Social Processes and Proofs of Theorems and Programs (1977) 447 45 A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems (1978) 463 46 How to Share a Secret (1979) 475 Bibliography 479 Index 491
Harry R. Lewis is Gordon McKay Research Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University.
