The Making of a New Science A Personal Journey Through the Early Years of Theoretical Computer Science /

• Main Author: Ausiello, Giorgio (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Computers.; History.; Mathematics.; History of Computing.; History of Science.; Theory of Computation.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

This book explains the development of theoretical computer science in its early stages, specifically from 1965 to 1990. The author is among the pioneers of theoretical computer science, and he guides the reader through the early stages of development of this new discipline. He explains the origins o...

Table of Contents:

• Tubes
• Lots of Insipid Stupid Parentheses
• Counting Steps in Cory Hall
• "I Hate Numerical Analysis"
• Informatique théorique
• The Journal
• Data Structures, Program Structures
• Optimization and Approximation
• Relations
• Europe Strikes Back. Historical Documents.