Eniac: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
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Language: English
Published by Berkley Trade, 2001
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- Title
- Eniac: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
- Author
- McCartney, Scott
- Publisher
- Berkley Trade
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0425176444
- ISBN 13
- 9780425176443
- Item weight
- 8 ounces
- Dimensions
- 5x0x7
Presents a history of the world's first programmable computer, ENIAC, and its creators, a team funded by the U.S. Army and led by John Mauchly and Presper Eckert, and discusses their race to complete the computer and their struggle to take credit for their discovery. Reprint.
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About the Author
A staff writer for the Wall Street Journal, Scott McCartney is the author of Defying the Gods: Inside the New Frontiers of Organ Transplants and coauthor of Trinity's Children: Living Along America's Nuclear Highway.
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