Makin' numbers Howard Aiken and the computer /
| Other Authors: | Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-2003., Welch, Gregory W., Campbell, Robert V. D., EBSCOhost. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
[1999]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xvii, 279 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
History of computing.
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| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references.nd index. Name "Mark I" -- Introducing Howard Aiken / I. Bernard Cohen -- Aiken's Machines -- Proposed Automatic Calculating Machine / Howard Aiken -- Aiken's First Machine: The IBM ASCC/Harvard Mark I / Robert Campbell -- Constructing the IBM ASCC (Harvard Mark I) / Charles Bashe -- Programming Mark I / Richard Bloch -- Mark II, an Improved Mark I / Robert Campbell -- Aiken's Alternative Number System / Henry Tropp -- Aiken's Program of Instruction and Training -- Aiken and the Harvard "Comp Lab" / Frederick Brooks Jr. -- Aiken as a Teacher / Peter Calingaert -- Aiken's Program in a Harvard Setting / Gregory Welch (concluding note by Adam Rabb Cohen) -- Recollections -- Commander Aiken and My Favorite Computer / Grace Hopper -- Reminiscences of Aiken during World War II and Later / Richard Bloch -- Reminiscences of the Boss / Anthony Oettinger -- A View from Overseas / Maurice Wilkes -- Aiken at Home, 1973 / Henry Tropp -- In His Own Words -- Aiken in His Own Words / Gregory Welch -- Appendixes -- Specifications of Aiken's Four Machines / Robert Campbell, Peter Strong -- Aiken's Doctoral Students and Their Dissertations. English. Colorado Mountain College - E-book Collection / Ebsco. Colorado Mountain College - E-book Collection / Ebsco Academic. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xvii, 279 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references.nd index. |
| ISBN: |
0585130434 9780585130439 9780262032636 0262032635 0262270579 9780262270571 |