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The advent of the algorithm : the 300-year journey from an idea to the computer

An exploration of the discovery and far reaching effects of the algorithm especially as it relates to the computerized world
Print Book, English, 2001, ©2000
1st Harvest ed View all formats and editions
Harcourt, San Diego, 2001, ©2000
xviii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
9780156013918, 9780151003389, 0156013916, 0151003386
46890682
Original hardback edition published with slightly different subtitle: the idea that rules the world
Includes index