SHANNON, MC CARTHY, VON NEUMANN, MINSKY, KLEENE, ASHBY, AND OTHERS.

Automata Studies. Annals of Mathematics Studies, Number 34.

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.

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