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It began with Babbage : the genesis of computer science / Subrata Dasgupta.

By: Dasgupta, Subrata.
Description: x, 328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780199309412 (alk. paper).Other title: Genesis of computer science, 1819-1969.Subject(s): Computer science -- History -- 19th century | Computer science -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 004.09
Contents:
Prologue -- Leibniz's theme, Babbage's dream -- Weaving algebraic patterns -- Missing links -- Entscheidungsproblem : what's in a word? -- Towards a holy grail -- Intermezzo -- A tangled web of inventions -- A paradigm is born -- A liminal artifact of an uncommon nature -- Glimpses of a scientific style -- I compute, therefore I am -- "The best way to design" -- Language games -- Going heuristic -- An explosion of subparadigms -- Aesthetica -- Epilogue.
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On Shelf QA76.17 .D36 2014 (Browse shelf) Available AU0000000004163
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-310) and index.

Prologue -- Leibniz's theme, Babbage's dream -- Weaving algebraic patterns -- Missing links -- Entscheidungsproblem : what's in a word? -- Towards a holy grail -- Intermezzo -- A tangled web of inventions -- A paradigm is born -- A liminal artifact of an uncommon nature -- Glimpses of a scientific style -- I compute, therefore I am -- "The best way to design" -- Language games -- Going heuristic -- An explosion of subparadigms -- Aesthetica -- Epilogue.

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