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The Great Formal Machinery Works: Theories of Deduction and Computation at the Origins of the Digital Age
Jan Von Plato
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The Great Formal Machinery Works: Theories of Deduction and Computation at the Origins of the Digital Age
Jan Von Plato
The information age owes its existence to a little-known but crucial development, the theoretical study of logic and the foundations of mathematics. The Great Formal Machinery Works draws on original sources and rare archival materials to trace the history of the theories of deduction and computation that laid the logical foundations for the digita
400 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 2, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691174174 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 392 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 164 × 31 mm · 702 g |
| Language | English |
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