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9781862078390: Electronic Brains: Stories From The Dawn Of The Computer Age
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"* 'Contains completely new information that will delight and thrill historians of IT...a surprise hit that will interest almost everyone' Focus Magazine * 'Well researched and a rattling good read, it is terrific value' New Scientist * 'Hally's researches took him all over the world for what is clearly not just a vitally important piece of scientific (and oral) history but a fascinating story in its own right' The Scotsman * 'It will be enjoyed by anyone interested in the dawn of the digital age' The Independent"
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By the 1960s, IBM had beaten all rivals and dominated the world computer market. But IBM came late to the race. From the 1930s to the 1960s, small independent teams on four continents worked on the development of the first modern computers. From interviews with surviving members of those original teams, Mike Hally builds up a picture of the eccentric men and women who laid the foundations for the computerized world we now live in, recreating the atmosphere of those early days. Some of the early projects, such as LEO, the Lyons Electronic Office, developed by the catering company J. Lyons and Co in London in the 1940s, are now famous; others, such as the RAND 409, constructed in a barn in Connecticut under the watchful eye of a stuffed moose, almost unknown. This fascinating and engaging book describes these and other projects that came and went in the years before IBM ruled the world, including the Phillips Hydraulic Economics Computer, or MONIAC, which perfectly demonstrated the workings of the economy by way of coloured water flowing through plastic tubes, and the UNIVAC, which became a household name when, live on television, it correctly predicted the results of the 1952 US presidential election.

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  • EditorialGranta Books
  • Año de publicación2006
  • ISBN 10 1862078394
  • ISBN 13 9781862078390
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