When John Mauchly and Presper Eckert developed the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) at the University of Pennsylvania during World War II, their intention was to aid artillerymen in aiming their guns. Since then, in the past fifty years, ENIAC and its offspring have changed the way we go about both business and science. Along with the transistor, the computer has brought about transformation on a scale unmatched since the industrial revolution. Now, in a lively and evenhanded account, Joel Shurkin introduces us to the often-feuding players and the discoveries that made the computer possible-from the first models to the creation of the chip and beyond. Here is the first full account of an invention that changed the world. For this new paperback edition, Shurkin has added an epilogue and a new chapter on the latest milestones in the ongoing computer revolution.
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Now available with a new chapter, for the fiftieth anniversary of the computer.
"[G]raphically illustrates how rapidly mankind is plunging ahead technologically, for better or worse, in the last half of the twentieth century."
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780393314717
Publisert
1996-08-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Ww Norton & Co
Vekt
464 gr
Høyde
211 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
364
Forfatter