Portrait of a Computer Pioneer
Paperback
Publication Date: 25/08/2000
Howard Hathaway Aiken (1900-1973) was a major figure of the early digital era. He is best known for his first machine, the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator or Harvard Mark I, conceived in 1937 and put into operation in 1944. He also made contributions to the development of applications for the new machines and to the creation of a university curriculum for computer science. This biography of Aiken offers an introduction to Aiken and his times. The author argues for Aiken's significance as a shaper of the computer world.
- ISBN:
- 9780262531795
- 9780262531795
- Category:
- Biography: general
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 25-08-2000
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- MIT Press Ltd
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 412
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x20mm
- Weight:
- 0.57kg
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