Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. 1. What You Need To Know to Read This Book 1
5. 2. Introduction 6
6. 3. George Boole and Claude Shannon 17
7. 4. Boolean Algebra 43
8. 5. Logic Switching Circuits 67
9. 6. Boole, Shannon, and Probability 88
10. 7. Some Combinatorial Logic Examples 114
11. 8. Sequential-State Digital Circuits 139
12. 9. Turing Machines 161
13. 10. Beyond Boole and Shannon 176
14. Epilogue. For the Future: The Anti-Amphibological Machine 210
15. Appendix. Fundamental Electric Circuit Concepts 219
16. Acknowledgments 223
17. Index 225
18. Backmatter 229