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. Seller Inventory # 428

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Title: High-Speed Computing Devices By the Staff of...

Publisher: NY: McGraw Hill Book Company, inc.

Publication Date: 1950

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition