The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann
Title | The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann PDF eBook |
Author | Herman H. Goldstine |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 399 |
Release | 2008-09-02 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1400820138 |
In 1942, Lt. Herman H. Goldstine, a former mathematics professor, was stationed at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. It was there that he assisted in the creation of the ENIAC, the first electronic digital computer. The ENIAC was operational in 1945, but plans for a new computer were already underway. The principal source of ideas for the new computer was John von Neumann, who became Goldstine's chief collaborator. Together they developed EDVAC, successor to ENIAC. After World War II, at the Institute for Advanced Study, they built what was to become the prototype of the present-day computer. Herman Goldstine writes as both historian and scientist in this first examination of the development of computing machinery, from the seventeenth century through the early 1950s. His personal involvement lends a special authenticity to his narrative, as he sprinkles anecdotes and stories liberally through his text.
The Computer
Title | The Computer PDF eBook |
Author | Herman Heine Goldstine |
Publisher | |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 1993 |
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The Computer
Title | The Computer PDF eBook |
Author | Herman Heine Goldstine |
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Pages | 378 |
Release | 1993 |
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The Computer, from Pascal to von Neumann
Title | The Computer, from Pascal to von Neumann PDF eBook |
Author | Herman H. Goldstine |
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Pages | 24 |
Release | 1972 |
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The Computer
Title | The Computer PDF eBook |
Author | Herman Heine Goldstine |
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Release | 1993 |
Genre | Computers |
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Engines of the Mind
Title | Engines of the Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Joel N. Shurkin |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 9780393314717 |
An introduction to the feuding researchers and inventors who made the computer possible, from the huge early models to the creation of the microchip and beyond. It discusses John Mauchly and Presper Eckert who developed the Electric Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) during World War II.
The Computer: from Pascal to Von Newmann
Title | The Computer: from Pascal to Von Newmann PDF eBook |
Author | H. H. Goldstein |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1972 |
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