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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Scott McCartney |
| ISBN: | 0802713483 9780802713483 |
| OCLC Number: | 40534855 |
| Description: | viii, 262 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | ch. 1. Ancestors -- ch. 2. Kid and a dreamer -- ch. 3. Crunched by numbers -- ch. 4. Getting started -- ch. 5. Five times one thousand -- ch. 6. Whose machine was it, anyway? -- ch. 7. Out on their own -- ch. 8. Whose idea was it, anyway? |
| Responsibility: | Scott McCartney. |
Abstract:
John Mauchly and Presper Eckert designed and built the first digital, electronic computer. This is the story of their three-year race to create the legendary ENIAC and their three-decade struggle to gain credit for it.
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