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The computer: from Pascal to von Neumann

Herman Heine Goldstine 1993 © Princeton University Press
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  • 9780691023670 (paper)
  • 9781400820139 (ebook)
  • 9780691081045 (hardcover)
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  • Science & Technology
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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface (1993) (page ix)
  • Preface (page xi)
  • PART ONE: The Historical Background up to World War II (page 1)
    • 1. Beginnings (page 3)
    • 2. Charles Babbage and His Analytical Engine (page 10)
    • 3. The Astronomical Ephemeris (page 27)
    • 4. The Universities: Maxwell and Boole (page 31)
    • 5. Integrators and Planimeters (page 39)
    • 6. Michelson, Fourier Coefficients, and the Gibbs Phenomenon (page 52)
    • 7. Boolean Algebra: x2 = xx = x (page 60)
    • 8. Billings, Hollerith, and the Census (page 65)
    • 9. Ballistics and the Rise of the Great Mathematicians (page 72)
    • 10. Bush's Differential Analyzer and Other Analog Devices (page 84)
    • 11. Adaptation to Scientific Needs (page 106)
    • 12. Renascence and Triumph of Digital Means of Computation (page 115)
  • PART TWO: Wartime Developments: ENIAC and EDVAC (page 121)
    • 1. Electronic Efforts prior to the ENIAC (page 123)
    • 2. The Ballistic Research Laboratory (page 127)
    • 3. Differences between Analog and Digital Machines (page 140)
    • 4. Beginnings of the ENIAC (page 148)
    • 5. The ENIAC as a Mathematical Instrument (page 157)
    • 6. John von Neumann and the Computer (page 167)
    • 7. Beyond the ENIAC (page 184)
    • 8. The Structure of the EDVAC (page 204)
    • 9. The Spread of Ideas (page 211)
    • 10. First Calculations on the ENIAC (page 225)
  • PART THREE: Post-World War II: The von Neumann Machine and the Institute for Advanced Study (page 237)
    • 1. Post-EDVAC Days (page 239)
    • 2. The Institute for Advanced Study Computer (page 252)
    • 3. Automata Theory and Logic Machines (page 271)
    • 4. Numerical Mathematics (page 286)
    • 5. Numerical Meterology (page 300)
    • 6. Engineering Activities and Achievements (page 306)
    • 7. The Computer and UNESCO (page 321)
    • 8. The Early Industrial Scene (page 325)
    • 9. Programming Languages (page 333)
    • 10. Conclusions (page 342)
  • APPENDIX: World-Wide Developments (page 349)
  • Index (page 363)
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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AHR 80.1 (Feb. 1975): 69-70 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28197502%2980%3A1%3C69%3ATCFPTV%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23
RAH 2.1 (Mar. 1974): 132-138 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0048-7511%28197403%292%3A1%3C132%3ATDOTCA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5
SC 180.4086 (May 1973): 588-590 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0036-8075%2819730511%293%3A180%3A4086%3C588%3AOTHOC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U
ISIS 67.2 (Jun. 1976): 295-297 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-1753%28197606%2967%3A2%3C295%3ATCFPTV%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V
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