Description: On the Foundation of Computing offers a comprehensive and critical overview of the birth and evolution of computing, and analyses some of the most important technical results and philosophical problems of the discipline, combining both historical and systematic analyses.
Review Quotes: "All these topics are analysed from a historical as well as a logical and epistemological point of view which makes the book a complete introduction to the philosophy of computer science." -- Nicola Angius, Axiomathes
"The author of this book argues that computing has three main foundations, which are mathematical foundations, engineering foundations and experimental foundations. On less than 300 pages, surprisingly broad knowledge of these three areas is presented in the three main chapters... The book can be used as a guide for a course in theoretical computer science." -- Gudula Rünger, zbMATH Open"For 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 gure out the challenges of its future." -- MathSciNet