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.