Why did computer science make a hero out ...
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Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage
DOI :
Title :
Why did computer science make a hero out of Turing?
Author(s) :
Bullynck, Maarten [Auteur]
Centre de recherches historiques : histoire des pouvoirs, savoirs et sociétés
Daylight, Edgar G. [Auteur]
De Mol, Liesbeth [Auteur]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Centre de recherches historiques : histoire des pouvoirs, savoirs et sociétés
Daylight, Edgar G. [Auteur]
De Mol, Liesbeth [Auteur]

Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Journal title :
Communications of the ACM
Pages :
37-39
Publisher :
Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date :
2015-02-23
ISSN :
0001-0782
English keyword(s) :
History and philosophy of computing
HAL domain(s) :
Informatique [cs]/Ordinateur et société [cs.CY]
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences
English abstract : [en]
This paper analyses the celebration of Turing as one of the heroes of computer science. This is done by (1) a comparison with the way C.F. Gauss has been instrumentalized in mathematics and (2) a historical study of two ...
Show more >This paper analyses the celebration of Turing as one of the heroes of computer science. This is done by (1) a comparison with the way C.F. Gauss has been instrumentalized in mathematics and (2) a historical study of two historical moments that help understand Turing's current status in computer science.Show less >
Show more >This paper analyses the celebration of Turing as one of the heroes of computer science. This is done by (1) a comparison with the way C.F. Gauss has been instrumentalized in mathematics and (2) a historical study of two historical moments that help understand Turing's current status in computer science.Show less >
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