The logician and the engineer :
Nahin, Paul J.
The logician and the engineer : how George Boole and Claude Shannon created the information age / Paul J. Nahin. - ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780691151007 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
2011053127
Boole, George, 1815-1864.
Shannon, Claude Elwood, 1916-2001.
Logicians--Great Britain--Biography.
Mathematicians--United States--Biography.
Electrical engineers--United States--Biography.
Computer logic.
Logic circuits.
Information theory.
QA28 / N34 2013
510.92/2 B
The logician and the engineer : how George Boole and Claude Shannon created the information age / Paul J. Nahin. - ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780691151007 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
2011053127
Boole, George, 1815-1864.
Shannon, Claude Elwood, 1916-2001.
Logicians--Great Britain--Biography.
Mathematicians--United States--Biography.
Electrical engineers--United States--Biography.
Computer logic.
Logic circuits.
Information theory.
QA28 / N34 2013
510.92/2 B