Papers of John von Neumann on Computing and Computer Theory

John von Neumann; William Aspray (ed.); Arthur Burks (ed.)

ISBN 10: 026222030X / ISBN 13: 9780262220309

Published by The MIT Press and Tomash Publishers, Cambridge, 1986

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Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing, Volume 12. 1st printing (1986). 624pp. Original maroon cloth with gilt titles to upper board and spine. VG copy, binding square with a hint of loosening, top corners bumped, small bump to front bottom edge, cloth covers clean, gilt bright, internally excellent.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Papers of John von Neumann on Computing and Computer Theory
• Publisher: The MIT Press and Tomash Publishers, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026222030X
• ISBN 13: 9780262220309
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science & Mathematics

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Synopsis

This volume brings together for the first time John von Neumann's long-out-of-print articles on computer architecture, programming, large-scale computing, and automata theory. A number of significant papers in these areas that were not included in the multivolume John von Neumann. Collected Works (1963) have now been reprinted here. These pioneering articles - written between the mid-1940s and the mid-1950s - are of enduring value not only to computer historians but to computer scientists at the vanguard of current research. Most of today's computers are still constructed in accordance with the "von Neumann architecture," and his technique of flow charting remains basic in the domain. Papers of John von Neumann on Computers and Computer Theory is volume 12 in the Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing.