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Eniac: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
by McCartney, Scott
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in very good dust jacket. Slightly cocked.
- ISBN 10
- 0802713483
- ISBN 13
- 9780802713483
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About This Item
New York: Walker and Company, 1999. Reprint. Second printing. Hardcover. Good in very good dust jacket. Slightly cocked.. viii, 262 p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. In this historical analysis, McCartney tells the story of the first computer, from its humble beginnings as a wartime number cruncher to the revolution it began. During World War II, John Mauchly and Presper Eckert invented ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) as a replacement for the handheld calculators that determined where artillery shells would land. The author asserts that these inventors should receive credit for their contribution to the computing field.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60717
- Title
- Eniac: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
- Author
- McCartney, Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in very good dust jacket. Slightly cocked.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint. Second printing
- ISBN 10
- 0802713483
- ISBN 13
- 9780802713483
- Publisher
- Walker and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, Ballistics Research Laboratory, ENIAC, Atanasoff, Charles Babbage, John Brainerd, John Eckert, John Mauchly, Herman Goldstine, Earl Larson, Sperry Rand, von Neumann, Weather Prediction
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