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Disciplines in Mathematics & Computing
Pure and applied mathematics, statistics, logic and the origins of computing.
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1646 – 1716Calculus notation we still use, and binary arithmetic.
Germany·Mathematics · Philosophy · Computing
Ada Lovelace
1815 – 1852Wrote the first algorithm intended for a machine and saw computing beyond numbers.
United Kingdom·Computing · Mathematics
John von Neumann
1903 – 1957Computer architecture, game theory, quantum foundations.
Hungary·Mathematics · Computing · Economics
Konrad Zuse
1910 – 1995Built the first programmable digital computer, the Z3, in 1941.
Germany·Computing · Engineering
Alan Turing
1912 – 1954Defined what a computer is, then was destroyed by the country he saved.
United Kingdom·Mathematics · Computing · BiologyFull profile
Tim Berners-Lee
b. 1955Wrote the web and gave it away for nothing.
United Kingdom·Computing · EngineeringFull profile