ENIAC : The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
McCartney, Scott
9780802713483
ISBN 13: 9780802713483
Publication Date: 1999
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For all his genius & contribution to computing, John von Neumann was not, as he is generally credited, the true father of the modern computer. That honor, as Scott McCartney makes clear in his compelling new book, is held by the two men - John William Mauchly & John Presper Eckert - who built the world's first programmable computer. Eniac tells two dramatic & intertwined stories that have never been fully told: the 3-year race to complete Eniac, & the 3-decade struggle to take credit for it. The groundbreaking technological challenges Mauchly & Eckert overcame, which McCartney eloquently describes, were overshadowed by the professional setbacks & personal tragedies they faced as their accomplishment was laid claim to by their colleagues. They formed the world's first computer company, but were quickly outpaced & outfinanced by other companies. And, as a final indignity, their patent application for Eniac, which they had been slow to file, was invalidated some 30 years after their machine had begun the computer age we now take for granted. Based on original interviews with surviving participants & the first study of Mauchly & Eckert's personal papers, ENIAC is an invaluable contribution to the history of technology, while it restores to the two inventors the legacy they deserve.
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