Makin' Numbers: Howard Aiken and the Computer

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I. Bernard Cohen, Gregory W. Welch, Robert V. D. Campbell
MIT Press, 1999 - 279 pàgines
This collection of technical essays and reminiscences is a companion to I. Bernard Cohen's biography Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer. After an overview by Cohen, Part I presents the complete publication of Aiken's 1937 proposal for an automatic calculating machine, later realized as the Mark I, as well as recollections by the chief engineer in charge of construction of Mark II, Robert Campbell, and the programmer of Mark I, Richard Bloch. Henry Tropp describes Aiken's hostility to the exclusive use of binary numbers in computational systems and his alternative approach.
 

Continguts

Introducing Howard Aiken
1
The IBM ASCCHarvard Mark I
31
Constructing the IBM ASCC Harvard Mark I
65
Mark II an Improved Mark I
111
Aikens Alternative Number System
129
Aiken as a Teacher
143
Aikens Program in a Harvard Setting
163
Commander Aiken and My Favorite Computer
185
Reminiscences of the Boss
203
Aiken at Home 1973
219
Specifications of Aikens Four Machines
257
Aikens Doctoral Students and Their Dissertations
273
Copyright

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Referències a aquest llibre

When Computers Were Human
David Alan Grier
Previsualització no disponible - 2005

Sobre l'autor (1999)

Born in Far Rockaway, New York, I. Bernard Cohen earned degrees from Harvard University. He holds the distinction of being the first person in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in the history of science. Later, Cohen established the History of Science Department at Harvard. Cohen has received many fellowships and has won the George Sarton Medal, awarded by the History of Science Society. Cohen is an author and editor, known for his books about Sir Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin.

Informació bibliogràfica

TítolMakin' Numbers: Howard Aiken and the Computer
History of computing
MIT Press series in the history of computing
EditorsI. Bernard Cohen, Gregory W. Welch, Robert V. D. Campbell
Edicióil·lustrada
EditorMIT Press, 1999
ISBN0262032635, 9780262032636
Nre. de pàgines279 pàgines
  
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