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Thinking Machines – Gutenmacher

In this post, we will see the book Thinking Machines by L. Gutenmacher. About the book & the author The book describes earliest computers, technologies and computing techniques and algorithms. The fundamental aspects of computation are well described in the … Continue reading

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Cybernetics Within Us – Saparina

In this post, we will see the book Cybernetics Within Us by Yelena Saparina. About the book Can a rat tell the difference between a Raphael Madonna and a Picasso Girl in Blue? Would a Martian (if there is such … Continue reading

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Mathematical Logic – Ershov, Palyutin

In this post we will see Mathematical Logic by Yu. L. Ershov,  E. A. Palyutin. This book presents in a systematic way a number of topics in modern mathematical logic and the theory of algorithms. It can be used as … Continue reading

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Little Mathematics Library – Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem

After the last two posts by V. A. Uspenskii (check out his site here) which dealt with Post’s Machine, and Pascal’s Triangle, we now come to another book by him in the Little Mathematics Library series titled Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem. … Continue reading

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