03266nam 2200721 a 450 991045801540332120200520144314.01-283-10030-497866131003061-4008-2013-810.1515/9781400820139(CKB)1000000000396589(EBL)688825(OCoLC)721195332(SSID)ssj0000543320(PQKBManifestationID)12192799(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543320(PQKBWorkID)10519644(PQKB)10620712(SSID)ssj0000083989(PQKBManifestationID)11338888(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083989(PQKBWorkID)10163269(PQKB)11760818(MiAaPQ)EBC688825(OCoLC)724025006(MdBmJHUP)muse36185(DE-B1597)447011(OCoLC)979576567(DE-B1597)9781400820139(PPN)170245594(Au-PeEL)EBL688825(CaPaEBR)ebr10468685(CaONFJC)MIL310030(EXLCZ)99100000000039658919931103d1993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe computer from Pascal to von Neumann[electronic resource] /Herman H. GoldstineCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Press[1993]1 online resource (399 p.)First Princeton paperback printing, 1980.0-691-08104-2 0-691-02367-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. The historical background up to World War II -- pt. 2. Wartime developments : ENIAC and EDVAC -- pt. 3. Post-World War II : the von Neumann machine and the institute for advanced study.In 1942, Lt. Herman H. Goldstine, a former mathematics professor, was stationed at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. It was there that he assisted in the creation of the ENIAC, the first electronic digital computer. The ENIAC was operational in 1945, but plans for a new computer were already underway. The principal source of ideas for the new computer was John von Neumann, who became Goldstine's chief collaborator. Together they developed EDVAC, successor to ENIAC. After World War II, at the Institute for Advanced Study, they built what was to become the prototype of the present-day computer. Herman Goldstine writes as both historian and scientist in this first examination of the development of computing machinery, from the seventeenth century through the early 1950's. His personal involvement lends a special authenticity to his narrative, as he sprinkles anecdotes and stories liberally through his text.ComputersHistoryElectronic books.ComputersHistory.004/.09Goldstine Herman H(Herman Heine),1913-2004.40841MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458015403321Computer from Pascal to von Neumann348381UNINA