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Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer (History of Computing)
Howard Aiken Portrait of a Computer Pioneer - History of Computing
Author: I. Bernard Cohen
Howard Hathaway Aiken (1900-1973) was a major figure of the early digital era. He is best known for his first machine, the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator or Harvard Mark I, conceived in 1937 and put into operation in 1944. But he also made significant contributions to the development of applications for the new machines and to the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262531795
ISBN-10: 0262531798
Publication Date: 8/28/2000
Pages: 412
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Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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