Percy Ludgate; Ireland's First Computer Designer - Softcover

Coghlan, Brian

 
9781911566298: Percy Ludgate; Ireland's First Computer Designer
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1911566296 ISBN 13: 9781911566298
Publisher: John Gabriel Byrne Computer Science Collection, 2022

Synopsis

Percy Ludgate published the world's second design of a programmable digital computer over a hundred years ago and died in Dublin a hundred years ago this year. His published papers lay un-noticed for another sixty years until unearthed and highlighted by Professor Brian Randell. Both Ludgate and his machine then remained shrouded in mystery for a further fifty years. This book presents much of the original material, plus lifts the veil with extensive new information on the family, life and work of Percy Ludgate, including two very significant discoveries.

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About the Authors

BRIAN COGHLAN is a retired Senior Lecturer with the School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland. He is curator of The John Gabriel Byrne Computer Science Collection.

BRIAN RANDELL is an Emeritus Professor of Computing Science, and a Senior Research Investigator with the School of Computing, Newcastle University, U.K. His book The Origins of Digital Computers: Selected Papers was first published in 1973, by Springer Verlag.

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Publisher
John Gabriel Byrne Computer Science Collection
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1911566296
ISBN 13 
9781911566298
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
246