First Electronic Computer: The Atanasoff Story - Softcover

Burks, Alice R.; Burks, Arthur W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0472081047 ISBN 13: 9780472081042

Verlag: The University of Michigan Press, 1989

Inhaltsangabe

This is the story of the electronic computer that launched the computer revolution, a machine completed in 1942 by John Atanasoff but one he left behind in Iowa for war research in Washington. Drawing on their direct knowledge and on the proceedings of a multimillion-dollar patent trial, the authors upset the commonly held view that the ENIAC was the world's first electronic computer. They detail the Atanasoff computer and its influence on the ENIAC and computers of today. This book supplements the court's strong findings with a much-needed technical foundation as well as a narrative that is rich in human interest.

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Reseña del editor

This is the story of the electronic computer that launched the computer revolution, a machine completed in 1942 by John Atanasoff but one he left behind in Iowa for war research in Washington. Drawing on their direct knowledge and on the proceedings of a multimillion-dollar patent trial, the authors upset the commonly held view that the ENIAC was the world's first electronic computer. They detail the Atanasoff computer and its influence on the ENIAC and computers of today. This book supplements the court's strong findings with a much-needed technical foundation as well as a narrative that is rich in human interest.

Reseña del editor

Tells of the design, construction, and subsequent controversy over the first special-purpose electronic computer

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The University of Michigan Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0472081047
• ISBN 13: 9780472081042
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
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