The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age

by Paul J. Nahin

Book Overview

How two pioneers of math and technology ushered in the computer revolution

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691151008
• ISBN13: 9780691151007
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"