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- catalog abstract "A Source Book for the History of Mathematics, but one which offers a different perspective by focusing on algorithms. With the development of computing has come an awakening of interest in algorithms. Often neglegted by historians and modern scientists, more concerned with the nature of concepts, algorithmic procedures turn out to have been instrumental in the development of fundamental ideas: practice led to theory just as much as the other way round. The purpose of this book is to offer a historical background to contemporary algorithmic practice. Each chapter centres around a theme, more or less in chronological order, and the story is told through the reading of over 200 original texts, faithfully reproduced. This provides an opportunity for the reader to sit alongside such mathematicians as Archimedes, Omar Khayyam, Newton, Euler and Gauss as they explain their techniques. The book ends with an account of the development of the modern concept of algorithm.".
- catalog alternative "Histoire d'algorithmes. English.".
- catalog contributor b11430003.
- catalog contributor b11430004.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "A Source Book for the History of Mathematics, but one which offers a different perspective by focusing on algorithms. With the development of computing has come an awakening of interest in algorithms. Often neglegted by historians and modern scientists, more concerned with the nature of concepts, algorithmic procedures turn out to have been instrumental in the development of fundamental ideas: practice led to theory just as much as the other way round. The purpose of this book is to offer a historical background to contemporary algorithmic practice. Each chapter centres around a theme, more or less in chronological order, and the story is told through the reading of over 200 original texts, faithfully reproduced. This provides an opportunity for the reader to sit alongside such mathematicians as Archimedes, Omar Khayyam, Newton, Euler and Gauss as they explain their techniques. The book ends with an account of the development of the modern concept of algorithm.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 524 p. :".
- catalog identifier "3540633693 (softcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Springer,".
- catalog subject "511/.8 21".
- catalog subject "Algorithms History.".
- catalog subject "Computer science Mathematics.".
- catalog subject "Computer science.".
- catalog subject "Computer software.".
- catalog subject "Mathematics.".
- catalog subject "Number theory.".
- catalog subject "QA.58 .H5813 1998".
- catalog title "A history of algorithms : from the pebble to the microchip / Jean-Luc Chabert (ed.) ; [authors, Évelyne Barbin ... et al. ; English translator, Chris Weeks].".
- catalog type "text".