Computers Ralston Anthony (1 results)

Tall 8vo. xi, [1], 293, [1] pp. Diagrams, equations throughout. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, w/ d.j. (slight sunning to spine, very minor shelfwear, 1 small closed tear), still NF/VG copy, from the library of John R. Maticich (1933-2014), electrical engineer, computer entineer, former director of product development at Floating Point Ssytems, and then co-founder of Synergy computers, and finally Director of Engineering with Mentor Graphics after 1984 merger. First edition of what is considered the first text to demonstrate the interrelation between analysis of the problem, computer capabilities and limitations, and coding procedures. Ralston (b. 1930) spent three years at the Bell Labs, worked on the Nike Zeus antiballistic missile system, and was awarded a patent for a "track initiator" for sorting and categorizing the trajectories of incoming missiles. Wilf (1931-2012) was a mathematician who specialized in combinatorics and graph theory.…