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The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age
The Logician and the Engineer How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age
Author: Paul J. Nahin
Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use--from our computers and cars, to our kitchen gadgets and 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 an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691151007
ISBN-10: 0691151008
Publication Date: 10/28/2012
Pages: 248
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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