Symbol and algorithm

Mathematical symbols passed a long evolution before spoke in this perfect language. This book traces the whole history of its development, ranging from the mathematical symbols of antiquity, arithmetic during the time of ancient Babylon, the geometry of Egypt, the logic of ancient Greece to the mathematical language of the Middle Ages and the New Age, from which the electronic method of calculations, the birth of computers and followed by it began. information theories.
Nowadays, the algorithm has become a fact of reality. Through it, we begin to understand the reality of symbolic matter, reality in the literal sense of the word. Symbolic material exists in nature by itself, without man.
Algorithms not only dictate, but also predict our desires, they take responsibility for what kind of music we listen to, what films we choose, what kind of relationship we set on social networks. The final chapter of the book examines the exceptional influence of algorithms on our lives and forecasts of the fourth industrial revolution