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The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann

By: Herman H. Goldstine

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Paperback | 2 January 1981

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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 1950s. His personal involvement lends a special authenticity to his narrative, as he sprinkles anecdotes and stories liberally through his text.

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Winner of the Award in Science, Phi Beta Kappa "The book is first-rate: it is written in a style that all can understand..."--Nature "Herman Goldstine is himself a pioneer of the computer... [He] writes with disarming candor and good humor."--Scientific American

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Non-Fiction Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies General Studies Computing & I.T.Computer Science Computer Hardware Storage Media & Peripherals Science Science in General History of Science

Preface (1993)	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
The Historical Background up to World War II	p. 1
Beginnings	p. 3
Charles Babbage and His Analytical Engine	p. 10
The Astronomical Ephemeris	p. 27
The Universities: Maxwell and Boole	p. 31
Integrators and Planimeters	p. 39
Michelson, Fourier Coefficients, and the Gibbs Phenomenon	p. 52
Boolean Algebra: x[superscript 2] = xx = x	p. 60
Billings, Hollerith, and the Census	p. 65
Ballistics and the Rise of the Great Mathematicians	p. 72
Bush's Differential Analyzer and Other Analog Devices	p. 84
Adaptation to Scientific Needs	p. 106
Renascence and Triumph of Digital Means of Computation	p. 115
Wartime Developments: ENIAC and EDVAC	p. 121
Electronic Efforts prior to the ENIAC	p. 123
The Ballistic Research Laboratory	p. 127
Differences between Analog and Digital Machines	p. 140
Beginnings of the ENIAC	p. 148
The ENIAC as a Mathematical Instrument	p. 157
John von Neumann and the Computer	p. 167
Beyond the ENIAC	p. 184
The Structure of the EDVAC	p. 204
The Spread of Ideas	p. 211
First Calculations on the ENIAC	p. 225
Post-World War II: The von Neumann Machine and The Institute for Advanced Study	p. 237
Post-EDVAC Days	p. 239
The Institute for Advanced Study Computer	p. 252
Automata Theory and Logic Machines	p. 271
Numerical Mathematics	p. 286
Numerical Meteorology	p. 300
Engineering Activities and Achievements	p. 306
The Computer and UNESCO	p. 321
The Early Industrial Scene	p. 325
Programming Languages	p. 333
Conclusions	p. 342
World-Wide Developments	p. 349
Index	p. 363
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