{"product_id":"on-the-foundations-of-computing-9780198835653","title":"On the Foundations of Computing","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Giuseppe Primiero\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford Univ PR\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford Univ PR\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Computer Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComputing, today more than ever before, is a multi-faceted discipline which collates several methodologies, areas of interest, and approaches: mathematics, engineering, programming, and applications. Given its enormous impact on everyday life, it is essential that its debated origins are understood, and that its different foundations are explained. On the Foundations of Computing offers a comprehensive and critical overview of the birth and evolution of computing, and it presents some of the most important technical results and philosophical problems of the discipline, combining both historical and systematic analyses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe debates this text surveys are among the latest and most urgent ones: the crisis of foundations in mathematics and the birth of the decision problem, the nature of algorithms, the debates on computational artefacts and malfunctioning, and the analysis of computational experiments. By covering these topics, On the Foundations of Computing provides a much-needed resource to contextualize these foundational issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor practitioners, researchers, and students alike, a historical and philosophical approach such as what this volume offers becomes essential to understand the past of the discipline and to figure out the challenges of its future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46419078578327,"sku":"9780198835653","price":8746.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198835653.webp?v=1769073093","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/on-the-foundations-of-computing-9780198835653","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}