num_pages: 533
description: The development of computing has reawakened interest in algorithms. Often neglected by historians and modern scientists, algorithmic procedures 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.
language: English
title: A History of Algorithms: From the Pebble to the Microchip
publisher: Springer