Origins and Foundations of Computing In Cooperation with Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum /

• Main Author: Bauer, Friedrich L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer hardware.; Mathematics.; Electronics.; History.; Computer Science.; History of Computing.; Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.; Programming Techniques.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Computer Hardware.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02992-9

The book examines how intellectual developments in logic and mathematics were gradually matched by technical solutions in first mechanics and then electronics, and how the resulting machines found application in engineering, science and business. The author was among the pioneers of computing scienc...

Table of Contents:

• Preamble
• Numerical Calculations
• Calculations Using Symbols
• After 1890: In Thrall to Mechanical and Electromechanical Devices
• After 1935: Formal Languages and Algorithms, "Universal Machines" and Electronic Solutions
• After 1960: Informatics Begins to Take Shape
• Conclusion
• Index
• Index of Figures
• Selected Reading.