Eniac: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
For all his genius, John von Neumann was not, as he is generally credited, the true father of the modern computer. That honor belongs to the two men who built the first programmable computer, the lengendary ENIAC: John Mauchly and Presper Eckert. In ENIAC, two stories-of the three-year race to...
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For all his genius, John von Neumann was not, as he is generally credited, the true father of the modern computer. That honor belongs to the two men who built the first programmable computer, the lengendary ENIAC: John Mauchly and Presper Eckert. In ENIAC, two stories-of the three-year race to complete the computer, and of the three-decade struggle to take credit for it-are intertwined and fully revealed to general readers for the first time.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780802713483 (0802713483)
Publish date: 1999
Publisher: Walker & Company
Pages no: 262
Edition language: English
"The story of Eniac, the world's first truly programmable electronic computer, is both inspiring and heart breaking. J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly were true visionaries, ahead of their time in many ways, yet exactly in the right place at the right time in more ways. Their story is one of techno...
The author wanted to make it clear who he thought invented the computer. So much so that the last 50 pages of this book dealt less with ENIAC and more with his effort to overwhelm the reader with facts supporting his case. One can get that idea across in 5 pages without getting beaten over the head ...
I really enjoy reading books about the history of technology, and thisaudio book was particularly fascinating. World War II created a demandfor lots of number crunching, especially for the development of artillery tables. Human computers — hence the origin of the word for the hardware we all use tod...
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