The Logician and the Engineer - How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age (Paperback)

Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use--from our computers and cars, to home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established in the Victorian era become the basis for such incredible technological achievements a century later? In The Logician and the Engineer, Paul Nahin combines engaging problems and a colorful historical narrative to tell the remarkable story of how two men in different eras--mathematician and philosopher George Boole and electrical engineer and pioneering information theorist Claude Shannon--advanced Boolean logic and became founding fathers of the electronic communications age. Nahin takes readers from fundamental concepts to a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of modern digital machines, in order to explore computing and its possible limitations in the twenty-first century and beyond.

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2017
First published:	2013
Authors:	Paul J. Nahin
Dimensions:	235 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-17600-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > Mathematical logic Promotions
LSN:	0-691-17600-0
Barcode:	9780691176000

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!