拍品 940
  • 940

VON NEUMANN, 4 VOLUMES

估價
300 - 500 GBP
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描述

  • A collection of 4 volumes, comprising:
i. Von Neumann, John and Goldstine, Herman Heine (1913-2004). "Numerical inverting of matrices of high order" [in:] Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 53, no. 11, November 1947, pp.1021-1099, Menasha, WI and New York: American Mathematical Society, 1947, 8vo, original green wrappers, (bought from Zubal, Cleveland, OH, 1998), [T&W V42; Origins of Cyberspace 958 (journal issue)], slight discoloration to wrappers ii. Von Neumann, John. Functional operators. Volume I and II. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950, 8vo, 2 volumes, original orange wrappers, (George W. Fairchild, his signature), [T&W V39], slight discoloration to wrappers iii. Von Neumann, John. "The general and logical theory of automata" [in:] Cerebral mechanisms in behaviour: The Hixon symposium, September 1945, edited by L.A. Jeffress, pp.1-41. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1951, 8vo, photograph frontispiece, red cloth blocked in black and gilt, (bought from Scientia, Arlington, MA, 1998), [T&W V41; Origins of Cyberspace 965]

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