Implications of the Digital Computer for Education In the Mathematical Sciences The digital computer has profoundly altered the definition of what is interesting in mathematics. The importance of applied logic in human affairs is changed by the existence of the "logical engine." The result is that one should no longer think in terms of a single discipline of mathematics but in terms of a complex of mathematical sciences. CACM September, 1966 Givens, W. CA660903 JB March 2, 1978 6:39 PM 1383 5 1383 1383 5 1383 1383 5 1383 2665 5 1383 1383 6 1383 1549 6 1383