The Man Who Invented the ComputerThe Man Who Invented the Computer
the Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer
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Current format, Book, 2010, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsThis is the first entry in the Great Innovators series, a joint publishing venture between Doubleday and the Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic institution whose programs aim to increase public understanding of science and technology. One night in the late 1930s, John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics, hit on the idea that the binary number system and electronic switches, combined with an array of capacitors on a moving drum to serve as memory, could yield a computing machine that would make his life and the lives of other scientists easier. Why don't we know the name of John Atanasoff as well as we know those other founders of modern technology? Because he never patented the device, and developers were critical of ideas from him. Jane Smiley makes the story of the race to develop digital computing as gripping as a real-life techno-thriller.
This is the first entry in the Great Innovators series, a joint publishing venture between Doubleday and the Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic institution whose programs aim to increase public understanding of science and technology. One night in the late 1930s, John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics, hit on the idea that the binary number system and electronic switches, combined with an array of capacitors on a moving drum to serve as memory, could yield a computing machine that would make his life and the lives of other scientists easier. Why don't we know the name of John Atanasoff as well as we know those other founders of modern technology? Because he never patented the device, and developers were critical of ideas from him. Jane Smiley makes the story of the race to develop digital computing as gripping as a real-life techno-thriller.
This is the first entry in the Great Innovators series, a joint publishing venture between Doubleday and the Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic institution whose programs aim to increase public understanding of science and technology. One night in the late 1930s, John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics, hit on the idea that the binary number system and electronic switches, combined with an array of capacitors on a moving drum to serve as memory, could yield a computing machine that would make his life and the lives of other scientists easier. Why don't we know the name of John Atanasoff as well as we know those other founders of modern technology? Because he never patented the device, and developers were critical of ideas from him. Jane Smiley makes the story of the race to develop digital computing as gripping as a real-life techno-thriller.
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