Dasgupta Subrata (Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair University Of Louisiana Lafayette)
Dasgupta Subrata (Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair University Of Louisiana Lafayette) - It Began With Babbage The Genesis Of Computer Science - Hardcover
Dasgupta Subrata (Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair University Of Louisiana Lafayette) - It Began With Babbage The Genesis Of Computer Science - Hardcover
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Description: As a field computer science occupies a unique scientific space in that its subject matter can exist in both physical and abstract realms. An artifact such as software is both tangible and not and must be classified as something in between or "liminal." The study and production of liminal artifacts allows for creative possibilities that are and have been possible only in computer science. In It Began With Babbage Subrata Dasgupta examines the unique history of computer science in terms of its creative innovations spanning back to Charles Babbage in 1819. Since all artifacts of computer science are conceived with a use in mind the computer scientist is not concerned with the natural laws that govern disciplines like physics or chemistry; the computer scientist is more concerned with the concept of purpose. This requirement lends itself to a type of creative thinking that as Dasgupta shows us has exhibited itself throughout the history of computer science. From Babbage's Difference Engine through the Second World War to the establishment of the term " Computer Science" in 1956, It Began With Babbage traces a lively and complete history of computer science.
Title: It Began With Babbage The Genesis Of Computer Science
Author(s): Dasgupta Subrata (Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair University Of Louisiana Lafayette)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780199309412
Pages: 342 Pages, 20 Line Art
Publication Date: 2/5/2014
Category: Computer Science
Description: As a field computer science occupies a unique scientific space in that its subject matter can exist in both physical and abstract realms. An artifact such as software is both tangible and not and must be classified as something in between or "liminal." The study and production of liminal artifacts allows for creative possibilities that are and have been possible only in computer science. In It Began With Babbage Subrata Dasgupta examines the unique history of computer science in terms of its creative innovations spanning back to Charles Babbage in 1819. Since all artifacts of computer science are conceived with a use in mind the computer scientist is not concerned with the natural laws that govern disciplines like physics or chemistry; the computer scientist is more concerned with the concept of purpose. This requirement lends itself to a type of creative thinking that as Dasgupta shows us has exhibited itself throughout the history of computer science. From Babbage's Difference Engine through the Second World War to the establishment of the term " Computer Science" in 1956, It Began With Babbage traces a lively and complete history of computer science.
Title: It Began With Babbage The Genesis Of Computer Science
Author(s): Dasgupta Subrata (Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair University Of Louisiana Lafayette)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780199309412
Pages: 342 Pages, 20 Line Art
Publication Date: 2/5/2014
Category: Computer Science
