High-Speed Computing Devices By the Staff of Engineering Research Associates, Inc.

Tompkins, C. B. & Wakelin, J. H. & Stifler, W. W., Jr., Editor

Published by NY: McGraw Hill Book Company, inc., 1950

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Stated first edition, 8vo., original navy cloth binding with gold lettering on spine, in a very good unclipped mylar protected DJ with a sunned spine. A thorough early study of the origins of the computer. Charles Brown Tompkins, a pioneering academic in the fields of numeric analysis and computing, wrote the majority of the text, much of which summarizes the work of the Engineering Research Associates computer company, of which he was founder in 1946. I particularly like this quote: A new type of amplifier called the transistor was recently announced by the Bell Telephone Laboratories. It seems likely that this device will simplify computer circuits considerably. It will probably be competitive with the electron tube in total cost per stage.

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Title
High-Speed Computing Devices By the Staff of Engineering Research Associates, Inc.
Author
Tompkins, C. B. & Wakelin, J. H. & Stifler, W. W., Jr., Editor
Publisher
NY: McGraw Hill Book Company, inc.
Publication year
1950
Condition
Near Fine
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Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition

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