A Source Book for the History of Mathematics, but one which offers a different perspective by focusinng on algorithms. With the development of computing has come an awakening of interest in algorithms. Often neglected by historians and modern scientists, more concerned with the nature of concepts, algorithmic procedures turn out to have been instrumental in the development of fundamental ideas: practice led to theory just as much as the other way round. The purpose of this book is to offer a historical background to contemporary algorithmic practice.

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University of Picardy, France

Jean-Luc Chabert

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Book Title: A History of Algorithms
Book Subtitle: From the Pebble to the Microchip
Editors: Jean-Luc Chabert
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18192-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-63369-3Published: 20 August 1999
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-18192-4Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 524
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Original French edition published by Editions Belin, 1994
Topics: Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis, Number Theory, Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity, Mathematics of Computing, History of Mathematical Sciences

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