Faster, Faster. A Simple Description of a Giant Electronic Calculator and the Problems It Solves
Eckert, W. J., and Jones, Rebecca
Published by McGraw-Hill, 1955
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Very good with minor soiling to boards. Interior clean and tight with slight tanning near the top edge of a few pages from small slips of paper (now removed) used to mark those spots. An excellent copy of this early work on the history of computers. Seller Inventory # 008598
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Title: Faster, Faster. A Simple Description of a ...
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: 1955
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
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FASTER, FASTER. a SIMPLE DESCRIPTION of a GIANT ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR and the PROBLEMS it SOLVES *
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McGraw-Hill Book Company; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP, * * * * *, 1955
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Hardcover
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1955 B00K: Very Good/, (illustrator). B00K: Very Good/, $145.14 FASTER, FASTER. a SIMPLE DESCRIPTION of a GIANT ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR and the PROBLEMS it SOLVES ECKERT, W. J., AND JONES, Rebecca McGraw-Hill Book Company; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1955 UnStated Edition Blue/Grey Cloth Spine With Title In Faint Polished Gold Letters, Hard Cover Book: Very Good/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Run Mark Down Spine Edge Of Book. No Odor Or Warping. 160 Numbered Pages, Printed On Off~White Paper, Slight Use. Prior Owner's Name, In Front, `Everett T. Welmers`. D/j: None. Description Applies To This B00K, ONLY. This Book Has A Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift. WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. Seller Inventory # 013114
Faster, Faster. A Simple Description of a Giant Electronic Calculator and the Problems It Solves
Published by
McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1955
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a near fine, unmarked, hardcover first edition copy, no DJ, blue binding. An early IBM super computer the NORC. 160 pages with index. Seller Inventory # 097953
Faster, Faster. A Simple Description of a Giant Electronic Calculator and the Problems It Solves
Published by
International Business Machines Corp, 1955
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Jones co-authored with Eckert this book during the very early days of the IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator, the first supercomputer. The Naval Surface Weapons Center at Dahlgren, Virginia, was the primary site of US naval computing. The center's machine, the Naval Ordnance Research Calculator (NORC), was built at the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory under the direction of Wallace Eckert. Rebecca (Becky) Jones, an Associate in Astronomy at Columbia, was Wallace Eckert's assistant for many years and (also with Eckert) specified the first program for the SSEC (the moon orbit calculations that would be used later in the Apollo missions. Old signature inside the front cover, edges rubbed, in very good condition otherwise. A rare computer science work. Size: 6" - 9½". book. Seller Inventory # 272545