Engines of the Mind: The Evolution of the Computer from Mainframes to Microprocessors - Tapa blanda

Shurkin, Joel N.

 
9780393314717: Engines of the Mind: The Evolution of the Computer from Mainframes to Microprocessors
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ISBN 10: 0393314715 ISBN 13: 9780393314717
Editorial: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996

Sinopsis

Now available with a new chapter, for the fiftieth anniversary of the computer. When John Mauchly and Presper Eckert developed the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (E.N.I.A.C.) at the University of Pennsylvania during World War II, their intention was to aid artillerymen in aiming their guns. Since then, in the past fifty years, E.N.I.A.C. and its offspring have changed the way we go about both business and science. Along with the transistor, the computer has brought about transformation on a scale unmatched since the industrial revolution. Now, in a lively and evenhanded account, Joel Shurkin introduces us to the often-feuding players and the discoveries that made the computer possible-from the first models to the creation of the chip and beyond. Here is the first full account of an invention that changed the world. For this new paperback edition, Shurkin has added an epilogue and a new chapter on the latest milestones in the ongoing computer revolution.

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Acerca del autor

Joel Shurkin is a science writer and has run the science journalism internship at Stanford University. A former reporter for UPI and Reuters and science editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer, he was a lead writer on the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of Three Mile Island.

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When John Mauchly and Presper Eckert developed the Electronic Numerical Integrator and computer (ENIAC) at the University of Pennsylvania during World War II, their intention was simply to aid artillerymen in aiming their guns. Since then, in the past fifty years, ENIAC and its offspring have utterly changed the way we go about both business and science. Along with the transistor, the computer has brought about transformation on a scale unmatched since the industrial revolution. In a lively and informative account, Joel Shurkin introduces us to the people and discoveries that made the computer possible - from the first models to the creation of the chip and beyond. Here is the first full story of an invention that changed the world.

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Editorial
W. W. Norton & Company
Año de publicación
1996
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393314715
ISBN 13 
9780393314717
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Número de páginas
366
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