![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Strickland and Lewis present Leibniz's development of binary through lovingly typeset translations of his papers, notes and letters, together with a contextual narrative that is both well-researched and quite enjoyable." Bharath Sriraman, Professor of Mathematics, University of Montana - Missoula Editor of The Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences, Springer Nature The authors' clear exposition makes the genesis of binary arithmetic accessible to everyone." "A wonderful book that explains both the significance and scope of Leibniz' binary arithmetic using original sources. Donald E Knuth, Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming, Stanford University Leibniz pointed out the importance of putting ourselves into the place of others, and here we get to put ourselves into the shoes of Leibniz himself, as we're treated to dozens of his private notes, carefully translated into idiomatic English and thoroughly explained." "This book is a model of how the history of computer science and mathematics should be written. Download a sample of the book (the front matter) ![]()
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