{"product_id":"turings-cathedral-pb-w3","title":"George Dyson: Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe [2013] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Dyson's fascinating account of the early years of computers: \u003ci\u003eTuring's Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e is the story behind how the PC, ipod, smartphone and almost every aspect of modern life came into being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1945 a small group of brilliant engineers and mathematicians gathered at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, determined to build a computer that would make Alan Turing's theory of a 'universal machine' reality. Led by the polymath emigre John von Neumann, they created the numerical framework that underpins almost all modern computing - and ensured that the world would never be the same again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Dyson is a historian of technology whose interests include the development (and redevelopment) of the Aleut kayak. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBaidarka; Project Orion\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eDarwin Among the Machines\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unusual, wonderful, visionary' Francis Spufford, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating . . . the story Dyson tells is intensely human . . . a gripping account of ideas and inventionFascinating . . . the story Dyson tells is intensely human . . . a gripping account of ideas and invention' Jenny Uglow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Glorious . . . as much a story of the personalities involved as of the discoveries they made, and you do not need any knowledge of computers or mathematics to enjoy the ride . . . a ripping yarn' John Gribbin, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dyson, George","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44215943397666,"sku":"9780141015903","price":13.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/dyson-george-george-dyson-turing-s-cathedral-the-origins-of-the-digital-universe-2013-paperback-9780141015903-58414149402963.jpg?v=1727345119","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/turings-cathedral-pb-w3","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}