E-audiobook
Turing's cathedral [electronic resource] : [the origins of the digital universe] / George Dyson.
Legendary historian and philosopher of science George Dyson vividly re-creates the scenes of focused experimentation, incredible mathematical insight, and pure creative genius that gave us computers, digital television, modern genetics, models of stellar evolution--in other words, computer code. In the 1940s and '50s, a group of eccentric geniuses--led by John von Neumann--gathered at the newly created Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey...
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307969095 (electronic audio bk.)
- ISBN: 0307969096 (electronic audio bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 sound file (15 hr., 40 min., 44 sec.) : digital.
- Edition: Library ed.
- Publisher: New York : Books on Tape, 2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Unabridged. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Arthur Morey. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 225376 KB). |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on hard copy version record. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Computers > History. Turing machines. Computable functions. Random access memory. Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957. Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912-1954. |
| Genre: | Audiobooks. Downloadable audio books. |
