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Who Invented the Computer?: The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History Hardcover - 2003
by Alice R. Burks
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It was Monday, November 8, 1971, five months into the trial of Case 4-67 Civil 138 pitting Honeywell against Sperry Rand in the matter of the ENIAC patent.
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- Title Who Invented the Computer?: The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History
- Author Alice R. Burks
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 415
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY
- Date January 2003
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781591020349 / 1591020344
- Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 6.34 x 1.42 in (23.47 x 16.10 x 3.61 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Patent suits - United States, Computers - United States - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002036720
- Dewey Decimal Code 004.09
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- Booklist, 02/15/2003, Page 1025
- Choice, 01/01/2004, Page 930
- Publishers Weekly, 01/06/2003, Page 51
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