Electronic brains:stories from the dawn of the computer age
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Published: |
Joseph Henry Press,
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Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. |
Publication Dates: | c2005. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxiii, 275 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0309096308 (cloth) 9780309096300 (cloth) |
Index Number: | TP3 |
CLC: | TP3-09 |
Call Number: | TP3-09/H193 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-245) and index. From ABC to ENIAC -- UNIVAC - Saviour of the Census -- Saluting the Moose -- When Britain Led the Computing World -- LEO the Lyons Computer -- So Then We Took the Roof Off -- Wizards of Oz -- Water on the Brain -- It's Not About Being First: The Rise and Rise of IBM -- Arithmetic -- Technical bits. |