The logician and the engineer : how George Boole and Claude Shannon created the information age / Paul J. Nahin.

• George Boole and Claude Shannon : two mini-biographies -- Boolean algebra -- Logical switching circuits -- Boole, Shannon, and probability -- Some combinatorial design logic examples -- Sequential-state digital circuits -- Turing machines -- Beyond Boole and Shannon.

Ämnesord

Computer logic.  (LCSH)

Logic circuits.  (LCSH)

Logicians  -- Great Britain -- Biography. (LCSH)

Electrical engineers  -- United States -- Biography. (LCSH)

Personnamn

Boole, George, 1815-1864.

Shannon, Claude Elwood, 1916-2001.

Klassifikation

QA28 (LCC)

510.92/2 (DDC)

Ta (kssb/8 (machine generated))