LEADER 04140nam 22006374a 450 001 9910954295903321 005 20251116141254.0 010 $a0-262-27057-9 010 $a0-585-13043-4 035 $a(CKB)111000211167198 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000195718 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166504 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195718 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10152056 035 $a(PQKB)11547889 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338428 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338428 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2001023 035 $a(OCoLC)923250946 035 $a(BIP)50723856 035 $a(BIP)47777263 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211167198 100 $a19980828d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMakin' numbers $eHoward Aiken and the computer /$fedited by I. Bernard Cohen and Gregory W. Welch with the cooperation of Robert V.D. Campbell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc1999 215 $axvii, 279 p. $cill 225 1 $aHistory of computing 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-262-03263-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMakin' Numbers -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Name "Mark I" -- Makin' Numbers -- Introducing Howard Aiken -- Aiken's Machines -- Proposed Automatic Calculating Machine -- Aiken's First Machine: The IBM ASCC/Harvard Mark I -- Constructing the IBM ASCC (Harvard Mark I) -- Programming Mark I -- Mark II, an Improved Mark I -- Aiken's Alternative Number System -- Aiken's Program of Instruction and Training -- Aiken and the Harvard "Comp Lab" -- Aiken as a Teacher -- Aiken's Program in a Harvard Setting -- Recollections -- Commander Aiken and My Favorite Computer -- Reminiscences of Aiken during World War II and Later -- Reminiscences of the Boss -- A View from Overseas -- Aiken at Home, 1973 -- In His Own Words -- Aiken in His Own Words -- Appendixes -- SpeciȘcations of Aiken's Four Machines -- Aiken's Doctoral Students and Their Dissertations -- Index. 330 $aWith the cooperation of Robert V. D. Campbell. This collection of technical essays and reminiscences is a companion volume to I. Bernard Cohen's biography, Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer . After an overview by Cohen, Part I presents the first complete publication of Aiken's 1937 proposal for an automatic calculating machine, which was later realized as the Mark I, as well as recollections of Aiken's first two machines by the chief engineer in charge of construction of Mark II, Robert Campbell, and the principal programmer of Mark I, Richard Bloch. Henry Tropp describes Aiken's hostility to the exclusive use of binary numbers in computational systems and his alternative approach. Part II contains essays on Aiken's administrative and teaching styles by former students Frederick Brooks and Peter Calingaert and an essay by Gregory Welch on the difficulties Aiken faced in establishing a computer science program at Harvard. Part III contains recollections by people who worked or studied with Aiken, including Richard Bloch, Grace Hopper, Anthony Oettinger, and Maurice Wilkes. Henry Tropp provides excerpts from an interview conducted just before Aiken's death. Part IV gathers the most significant of Aiken's own writings. The appendixes give the specs of Aiken's machines and list his doctoral students and the topics of their dissertations. 410 0$aHistory of computing. 517 3 $aMaking numbers 606 $aComputer engineers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aComputers$xHistory 615 0$aComputer engineers 615 0$aComputers$xHistory. 676 $a004/.092 676 $aB 701 $aCohen$b I. Bernard$f1914-2003.$044209 701 $aWelch$b Gregory W$01864342 701 $aCampbell$b Robert V. D$01864343 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954295903321 996 $aMakin' numbers$94471150 997 $aUNINA