The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann (eBook)

Herman H. Goldstine (Autor)

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2008
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
9781400820139 (ISBN)

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Herman H. Goldstine is currently Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society.

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In 1942, Lt. Herman H. Goldstine, a former mathematics professor, was stationed at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. It was there that he assisted in the creation of the ENIAC, the first electronic digital computer. The ENIAC was operational in 1945, but plans for a new computer were already underway. The principal source of ideas for the new computer was John von Neumann, who became Goldstine's chief collaborator. Together they developed EDVAC, successor to ENIAC. After World War II, at the Institute for Advanced Study, they built what was to become the prototype of the present-day computer. Herman Goldstine writes as both historian and scientist in this first examination of the development of computing machinery, from the seventeenth century through the early 1950s. His personal involvement lends a special authenticity to his narrative, as he sprinkles anecdotes and stories liberally through his text.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.9.2008
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Hardware
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Abraham H. Taub • Addition • Adele Goldstine • Alan Turing • analog computer • Analog device • Analogy • analytical engine • Approximation • Arthur Burks • Astronomy • Automaton • Ballistic Research Laboratory • BESK • Binary number • Bit • Blaise Pascal • Byte • Calculation • calculator • Celestial mechanics • Charles Babbage • Computation • Computer • Computer data storage • computing • difference engine • differential equation • Douglas Hartree • EDVAC • Electrical Engineering • electricity • Engineering • eniac • ephemeris • Equation • Fourier series • Harmonic Analysis • Hartree • Herman Hollerith • Howard Aiken • IBM • Iconoscope • Illustration • Inception • Instruction set • Integrator • Iteration • James Clerk Maxwell • John Couch Adams • John von Neumann • Lecture • logarithm • Logic • lunar theory • machine • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Mathematical Analysis • Mathematical problem • mathematician • Mathematics • Measurement • meteorology • Moore School of Electrical Engineering • Numerical analysis • Numerical weather prediction • Parallel Computing • partial differential equation • physicist • Princeton University • Probability • Projectile • Punched card • Pure Mathematics • Quantity • Radiation Laboratory (MIT) • Requirement • Research and Development • result • Science • Scientist • Simple Harmonic Motion • Speed of Light • square root • Storage tube • subtraction • Summation • Technology • theory • Thomas J. Watson • typewriter • Understanding • UNESCO • Vacuum tube • Vannevar Bush • Variable (mathematics) • von Neumann architecture • Weather forecasting • Williams tube • Writing
• ISBN-13: 9781400820139 / 9781400820139