Author: GOLDSTINE, HERMAN H.
Title: The Computer from Pascal to Von Neumann
Description: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0691081042. Price clipped dust jacket worn and scuffed with tears and creasing, small scorch mark front panel of DJ. Light wear to book to black cloth covered boards, light bumping to corners. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; 9.70 X 6.30 X 1.20 inches; 390 pages; 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". Very Good in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0691081042 Computer eniac Computers & Internet
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Title: The Computer from Pascal to Von Neumann
Description: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0691081042. Price clipped dust jacket worn and scuffed with tears and creasing, small scorch mark front panel of DJ. Light wear to book to black cloth covered boards, light bumping to corners. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; 9.70 X 6.30 X 1.20 inches; 390 pages; 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". Very Good in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0691081042 Computer eniac Computers & Internet
Price: US$ 17.50 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 15417
- Book number: 15417
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