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Titre

The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann

�diteur

Princeton University Press

Date de parution

1972

ISBN � 10 chiffres

0691081042

ISBN � 13 chiffres

9780691081045

Reliure

Hard Cover with Dustjacket

�dition

First Edition.

�tat de l'article

Fine

�tat de la jaquette

Very Good-

Type de livre

Book

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In 1942, Lt. Herman H. Goldstine, a former mathematics professor, was stationed at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. It was there that he assisted in the creation of the ENIAC, the first electronic digital computer. The ENIAC was operational in 1945, but plans for a new computer were already underway. The principal source of ideas for the new computer was John von Neumann, who became Goldstine's chief collaborator. Together they developed EDVAC, successor to ENIAC. After World War II, at the Institute for Advanced Study, they built what was to become the prototype of the present-day computer. Herman Goldstine writes as both historian and scientist in this first examination of the development of computing machinery, from the seventeenth century through the early 1950s. His personal involvement lends a special authenticity to his narrative, as he sprinkles anecdotes and stories liberally through his text.

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Herman H. Goldstine is currently Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society.

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