HISTORY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

• mémoire
• dissertation
• exposé

01-08-12 23:44 1 HISTORY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Gordana Dodig - Crnkovic, e-mail: INTRODUCTION: MILESTONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS ............... 2 Before 1900: First Computing Devices.................................................................................. 2 1900 – 1939 The Rise of Mathematics................................................................................... 4 1940's: First Electronic Digital Computer.............................................................................. 4 1950's...................................................................................................................................... 5 1960's...................................................................................................................................... 5 1970's...................................................................................................................................... 6 1980's...................................................................................................................................... 6 1990's and Beyond.................................................................................................................. 7 1 LEIBNIZ: LOGICAL CALCULUS................................................................................... 8 Calculus Ratiocinator ....................................................................................................... 10 Language and Mind .......................................................................................................... 11 2 BOOLE: LOGIC AS ALGEBRA..................................................................................... 13 Bool's Algebra of Logic................................................................................................... 14 3 FREGE:

• military code-breaking
• theory that language
• human knowledge
• large numbers
• algebra
• machine
• development
• computer
• system