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John von Neumann and the origins of modern computing / William Aspray.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QA76.5 .A77446 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aspray, William.
- Series:
- History of computing
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electronic digital computers--History.
- Electronic digital computers.
- History.
- Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957.
- Von Neumann, John.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1990]
- Summary:
- Aspray allows the record to speak for itself. He unravels an intricate sequence of stories generated by von Neumann's work and brings into focus the interplay of personalities centered about von Neumann. He documents the complex interactions of science, the military, and business and shows how progress in applied mathematics was intertwined with that in computers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-355) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0262011212
- OCLC:
- 21524368
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