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History of Computing Ser.: ENIAC in Action : Making and Remaking the Modern Computer by Crispin Rope, Mark Priestley and Thomas Haigh (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262535173
ISBN-139780262535175
eBay Product ID (ePID)239734065
Product Key Features
Number of Pages366 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEniac in Action : Making and Remaking the Modern Computer
Publication Year2018
SubjectComputer Science, General, History
TypeTextbook
AuthorCrispin Rope, Mark Priestley, Thomas Haigh
Subject AreaComputers
SeriesHistory of Computing Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight20.2 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width7.1 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews[A] nuanced, engaging and thoroughly researched account of the early days of computers, the people who built and operated them, and their old and new applications.... [T]he creativity and intelligence of good historians writing books such as ENIAC in Action will keep us informed and entertained., ...a particularly important, thorough, and balanced account, a major contribution to the history of early computing, and certainly required reading for any student of the subject., Bad history makes false claims about firsts. Good history makes true claims about firsts. Great history, however, doesn't primarily concern itself with firsts at all (though it may necessarily deal with them as part of the subject matter), but redirects us to ask deeper, more meaningful questions. Great history, like the work of Tom Haigh, Mark Priestley, and Crispin Rope, goes beyond the baseline of facts, the high-school textbook version, into a whole new realm of interpretation.
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal004.09
SynopsisThe history of the first programmable electronic computer, from its conception, construction, and use to its afterlife as a part of computing folklore. Conceived in 1943, completed in 1945, and decommissioned in 1955, ENIAC (the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first general-purpose programmable electronic computer. But ENIAC was more than just a milestone on the road to the modern computer. During its decade of operational life, ENIAC calculated sines and cosines and tested for statistical outliers, plotted the trajectories of bombs and shells, and ran the first numerical weather simulations. ENIAC in Action tells the whole story for the first time, from ENIAC's design, construction, testing, and use to its afterlife as part of computing folklore. It highlights the complex relationship of ENIAC and its designers to the revolutionary approaches to computer architecture and coding first documented by John von Neumann in 1945. Within this broad sweep, the authors emphasize the crucial but previously neglected years of 1947 to 1948, when ENIAC was reconfigured to run what the authors claim was the first modern computer program to be executed- a simulation of atomic fission for Los Alamos researchers. The authors view ENIAC from diverse perspectives-as a machine of war, as the "first computer," as a material artifact constantly remade by its users, and as a subject of (contradictory) historical narratives. They integrate the history of the machine and its applications, describing the mathematicians, scientists, and engineers who proposed and designed ENIAC as well as the men-and particularly the women who-built, programmed, and operated it., The history of the first programmable electronic computer, from its conception, construction, and use to its afterlife as a part of computing folklore. Conceived in 1943, completed in 1945, and decommissioned in 1955, ENIAC (the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first general-purpose programmable electronic computer. But ENIAC was more than just a milestone on the road to the modern computer. During its decade of operational life, ENIAC calculated sines and cosines and tested for statistical outliers, plotted the trajectories of bombs and shells, and ran the first numerical weather simulations. ENIAC in Action tells the whole story for the first time, from ENIAC's design, construction, testing, and use to its afterlife as part of computing folklore. It highlights the complex relationship of ENIAC and its designers to the revolutionary approaches to computer architecture and coding first documented by John von Neumann in 1945. Within this broad sweep, the authors emphasize the crucial but previously neglected years of 1947 to 1948, when ENIAC was reconfigured to run what the authors claim was the first modern computer program to be executed: a simulation of atomic fission for Los Alamos researchers. The authors view ENIAC from diverse perspectives--as a machine of war, as the "first computer," as a material artifact constantly remade by its users, and as a subject of (contradictory) historical narratives. They integrate the history of the machine and its applications, describing the mathematicians, scientists, and engineers who proposed and designed ENIAC as well as the men--and particularly the women who--built, programmed, and operated it.
LC Classification NumberQA76.8.E53
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