Asharp,witty,mind-expandingandexuberantforayintotheworldoflogicwithcomputerscientistProfessorDaveCliff.Followinginthefootstepsoftheaward-winningTheJoyofStatsanditssequel,TailsYouWin-TheScienceofChance,thisfilmtakesviewersonanewrollercoasterridethroughphilosophy,maths,scienceandtechnology-allofwhich,underthebonnet,runonlogic.Wieldingthesamewitandwisdom,animationandgleefulnerderyasitspredecessors,thisfilmjourneysfromAristotletoAliceinWonderland,sci-fitosupercomputerstotellthefascinatingstoryofthequestforcertaintyandthefundamentalsofsoundreasoningitself.DaveCliff,professorofcomputerscienceandengineeringatBristolUniversity,isnoabstracttheoretician.15yearsagohecombinedlogicandabitofmathstowriteoneofthefirstcomputerprogramstooutperformhumansattradingstocksandshares.Givingawaythesoftwareforfree,hesays,wasnothismostlogicalmove...Withthehelpof25seven-year-olds,ProfessorCliffcreates,forthefirsttimeever,acomputermadeentirelyofchildren,runningonnothingbutlogic.Wealsomeettheworldsbrainiestwhizz-kids,competingattheInternationalOlympiadofInformaticsinBrisbane,Australia.TheJoyofLogicalsohailslogicsall-timeheroes:GeorgeBoolewhomovedlogicbeyondphilosophytomathematics;BertrandRussell,whotook360+pagesbutheroicallyprovedthat1+1=2;KurtGodel,whobroughtlogictoitskneesbydemonstratingthatsometruthsareunprovable;andAlanTuring,who,withwhatCliffcallsanalmostexquisiteparadox,wasinspiredbythishugesetbacktologictoconceivethecomputer.Ultimately,thefilmasks,canhumansreallystayahead?Couldtodaysgenerationoflogicalcomputingmachinesbesmarterthanus?Whatdoesthattellusaboutourownbrains,andjusthowlogicalwereallyare...?如果您喜欢盗梦影城(www.benniaocn.com)分享的《逻辑的乐趣》,别忘了推荐给你的好友!
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