New book about Turing Award winner Peter Naur
************ Book announcement *********** `Pluralism in Software Engineering: Turing Award Winner Peter Naur Explains' --- by Edgar G. Daylight As a software engineer and aspiring historian of computing, I have had the honor of meeting the computing pioneer Peter Naur at his home in Copenhagen in the spring of 2011. My lengthy discussion with Naur is documented in my new book and is published by Lonely Scholar. I invite historians of science to have a look at the book's summary at: http://www.lonelyscholar.com/node/7 Naur discusses varying topics, ranging from astronomy to programming and from philosophy to psychology. An underlying theme is Naur's rejection of Western philosophy. best wishes, Edgar G. Daylight www.dijkstrascry.com
************ Book announcement *********** `The Dawn of Software Engineering: from Turing to Dijkstra' --- by Edgar Daylight Published by Lonely Scholar: www.lonelyscholar.com/dawn "A rich and fascinating account of the time when software engineering was a compelling intellectual discipline at the center of computer science." --- John C. Reynolds, CMU. "wonderfully novel, very readable, and most engaging" --- Grady Booch, IBM Fellow Did Alan Turing play a major role in the advent of the all-purpose computer? Did Turing Award winners, like Edsger W. Dijkstra, depend on his famous accomplishments? In his well-researched book Edgar G. Daylight deromanticizes Turing's & logic's role in the history of computing. Daylight furthermore explains why Dijkstra's pioneering work in compilers lies at the heart of modern-day computers. The book vividly describes how & why Dijkstra's ideas stood out among those of his contemporaries. Includes interviews with Turing Award winners Tony Hoare, Niklaus Wirth, Peter Naur, and Barbara Liskov. Available from Amazon (amazon.com/dp/9491386026) and other bookstores.
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Edgar Daylight