Alan Turing and his Contemporaries

Building the world's first computers

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Secret wartime projects in code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. By 1955 computers had begun to appear in the market-place. The Information Age was dawning and Alan Turing and his contemporaries held centre stage. Their influence is still discernable deep down within today’s hardware and software.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-02-11
Mått:189 x 246 x 8 mm
Vikt:246 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:126
Förlag:BCS Learning & Development Limited
ISBN:9781906124908

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Chris Burton is one of the world's leading restorers of historic computers. Professor Martin Campbell-Kelly is the UK’s foremost computer historian. Dr Roger Johnson is a past President of the British Computer Society. Professor Simon Lavington is the Computer Conservation Society’s digital Archivist. All are committee members of the Computer Conservation Society.

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Fantastic! This is an excellent romp through early computer history, placing Alan Turing’s work in a broader context and introducing the reader to some of the significant machines and personalities that created our digital world. The myth of a lone inventor is rarely true - this book leads the reader through complex but intriguing stories of the sung and unsung heroes and machines of a pioneering computing industry.

Innehållsförteckning

1.The ideas men.2.Ivory towers and tea rooms.3.The Manchester machines4.Meanwhile, in deepest Hertfordshire5.One man in a barn6.Aces and Deuces7.Into the market place8.Hindsight and foresight: Turing’s legacy9.Bibliography and references10.Timeline: Alan Turing’s life with computers.11.Index.