£107.98

Springer Arto Salomaa: Mathematician, Computer Scientist, and Teacher: A Thematic Biography

Price data checked 2 days ago

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£108 today · previous high £108 · all-time low £106

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 89 days • 89 data points

Historical
Generating forecast...
£107.98 £105.87 £106.33 £106.79 £107.25 £107.71 £108.17 19 February 2026 13 March 2026 04 April 2026 26 April 2026 18 May 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 89 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price
Current Price
69 days 20 days · current 0 17 35 52 69 £106 £108 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £106 (69 days, 77.5%)

Price range: £106 - £108

Price levels: 2 different prices over 89 days

Description

Product Description This book outlines the scientific career of Arto Salomaa, a pioneer in theoretical computer science and mathematics. The author first interviewed the subject and his family and collaborators, and he then researched this fascinating biography of an intellectual who was key in the development of these fields. Early chapters progress chronologically from Academician Salomaa's origins, childhood, and education to his professional successes in science, teaching, and publishing. His most impactful direct research efforts have been in the areas of automata and formal languages. Beyond that he has influenced many more scientists and professionals through collaborations, teaching, and books on topics such as biocomputing and cryptography. The author offers insights into Finnish history, culture, and academia, while historians of computer science will appreciate the vignettes describing some of the people who have shaped the field from the 1950s to today. The author and his subject return throughout to underlying themes such as the importance of family and the value of longstanding collegial relationships, while the work and achievements are leavened with humor and references to interests such as music, sport, and the sauna. Review “This is a very readable (even for non-specialists) biography of one of the leading computer scientists within the broader development of computer science and its contexts.” (Volker Peckhaus, Mathematical Reviews, December, 2020) From the Back Cover This book outlines the scientific career of Arto Salomaa, a pioneer in theoretical computer science and mathematics. The author first interviewed the subject and his family and collaborators, and he then researched this fascinating biography of an intellectual who was key in the development of these fields. Early chapters progress chronologically from Academician Salomaa's origins, childhood, and education to his professional successes in science, teaching, and publishing. His most impactful direct research efforts have been in the areas of automata and formal languages. Beyond that he has influenced many more scientists and professionals through collaborations, teaching, and books on topics such as biocomputing and cryptography. The author offers insights into Finnish history, culture, and academia, while historians of computer science will appreciate the vignettes describing some of the people who have shaped the field from the 1950s to today. The author and his subject return throughout to underlying themes such as the importance of family and the value of longstanding collegial relationships, while the work and achievements are leavened with humor and references to interests such as music, sport, and the sauna.

Product Specifications

Format
paperback
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
17 October 2020
Listed Since
22 September 2020

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Where Mathematics, Computer Science, Linguistics and Biology Meet: Essays in honour of Gheorghe Păun
77% match

Where Mathematics, Computer Science, Linguistics and Biology Meet: Essays in honour of Gheorghe Păun

Springer

£72.77 11 May 2026
Infobiotics: Information in Biotic Systems: 3 (Emergence, Complexity and Computation, 3)
76% match

Infobiotics: Information in Biotic Systems: 3 (Emergence, Complexity and Computation, 3)

Springer

£110.99 18 May 2026
Samson Abramsky on Logic and Structure in Computer Science and Beyond: 25 (Outstanding Contributions to Logic, 25)
75% match

Samson Abramsky on Logic and Structure in Computer Science and Beyond: 25 (Outstanding Contributions to Logic, 25)

Springer

£125.73 16 May 2026
Theory and Mathematical Methods in Bioinformatics (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)
75% match

Theory and Mathematical Methods in Bioinformatics (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)

Springer

£44.66 18 May 2026
PAUL HALMOS Celebrating 50 Years of Mathematics
75% match

PAUL HALMOS Celebrating 50 Years of Mathematics

Springer

£73.03 18 May 2026
Mathematics Across Contemporary Sciences: AUS-ICMS, Sharjah, UAE, April 2015: 190 (Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 190)
75% match

Mathematics Across Contemporary Sciences: AUS-ICMS, Sharjah, UAE, April 2015: 190 (Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 190)

Springer

£72.66 18 May 2026
Open Problems in Mathematics and Computational Science
75% match

Open Problems in Mathematics and Computational Science

Springer

£40.52 16 May 2026
Patterns in Permutations and Words (Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series)
75% match

Patterns in Permutations and Words (Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series)

Springer

£108.92 11 May 2026
Modern Language Models and Computation: Theory with Applications
75% match

Modern Language Models and Computation: Theory with Applications

Springer

£74.05 18 May 2026
Theta Functions - Bowdoin 1987: Part 1: Pt. 1 (Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics)
74% match

Theta Functions - Bowdoin 1987: Part 1: Pt. 1 (Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics)

£140.00 18 May 2026
Topics in Grammatical Inference
74% match

Topics in Grammatical Inference

Springer

£76.38 18 May 2026
New Computational Paradigms: Changing Conceptions of What is Computable
74% match

New Computational Paradigms: Changing Conceptions of What is Computable

Springer

£108.92 18 May 2026
Cybersecurity and Secure Information Systems: Challenges and Solutions in Smart Environments (Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications)
74% match

Cybersecurity and Secure Information Systems: Challenges and Solutions in Smart Environments (Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications)

Springer

£74.56 18 May 2026
Discovering Mathematics with Magma: Reducing the Abstract to the Concrete: 19 (Algorithms and Computation in Mathematics, 19)
74% match

Discovering Mathematics with Magma: Reducing the Abstract to the Concrete: 19 (Algorithms and Computation in Mathematics, 19)

Springer

£73.03 18 May 2026
Cellular Automata: A Parallel Model: 460 (Mathematics and Its Applications, 460)
74% match

Cellular Automata: A Parallel Model: 460 (Mathematics and Its Applications, 460)

Springer

£79.79 15 May 2026
Mathematical Properties of Sequences and Other Combinatorial Structures: 726 (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 726)
74% match

Mathematical Properties of Sequences and Other Combinatorial Structures: 726 (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 726)

Springer

£76.38 18 May 2026
The q-theory of Finite Semigroups (Springer Monographs in Mathematics)
73% match

The q-theory of Finite Semigroups (Springer Monographs in Mathematics)

Springer

£72.77 18 May 2026
Elementary Functions: Algorithms and Implementation
73% match

Elementary Functions: Algorithms and Implementation

Birkhauser

£69.75 10 May 2026
Mathematical Approaches to Polymer Sequence Analysis and Related Problems
73% match

Mathematical Approaches to Polymer Sequence Analysis and Related Problems

Springer

£107.78 18 May 2026
Advances in Physarum Machines: Sensing and Computing with Slime Mould: 21 (Emergence, Complexity and Computation, 21)
73% match

Advances in Physarum Machines: Sensing and Computing with Slime Mould: 21 (Emergence, Complexity and Computation, 21)

Springer

£160.36 11 May 2026
Advances in Physarum Machines: Sensing and Computing with Slime Mould: 21 (Emergence, Complexity and Computation, 21)
73% match

Advances in Physarum Machines: Sensing and Computing with Slime Mould: 21 (Emergence, Complexity and Computation, 21)

Springer

£160.83 04 May 2026
Intelligent Systems in Cybernetics and Automation Control Theory: 860 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 860)
73% match

Intelligent Systems in Cybernetics and Automation Control Theory: 860 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 860)

Springer

£109.85 11 May 2026
Mathematics and Computer Science II: Algorithms, Trees, Combinatorics and Probabilities (Trends in Mathematics)
73% match

Mathematics and Computer Science II: Algorithms, Trees, Combinatorics and Probabilities (Trends in Mathematics)

Birkhauser

£72.77 18 May 2026
Summability Calculus: A Comprehensive Theory of Fractional Finite Sums
73% match

Summability Calculus: A Comprehensive Theory of Fractional Finite Sums

Springer

£62.99 18 May 2026