SHANNON, MC CARTHY, VON NEUMANN, MINSKY, KLEENE, ASHBY, AND OTHERS.
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(1956)
Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1956. Large 8vo. Original printed wrappers, in fine condition. VIII,(2),285,(1) pp. Text diagrams. Internally clean throughout.
First edition. A collection of important papers on the foundation of theoretical computer science by some of the most prominent pioneers of the field, e.g., Shannon's construction of a universal Turing machine with only two states. Hook & Norman: Origins of Cyberspace, No. 893.