Alice Rowe Burks (9 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st printing. Prior owner's typed inventory label on front flyleaf, otherwise a tight, clean copy. 463pp. Introduction by Douglas Hofstadter. In a very nice jacket. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. Hardcover. 463 pp. with bibliography, index. In 1973, Federal District Judge Earl R. Larson issued a ruling in a patent case that was to have profound and long-lasting implications for the then-dawning computer revolution. Against expectations, the judge ruled against Sperry Rand Corp, which claimed to hold the patent for the first computer---dubbed ENIAC--- and was demanding huge royalties on all electronic data-processing sales by Honeywell and other large competitors. The judge found that in fact ENIAC was not the first computer but was derived from an obscure computer---called the ABC--which had developed in the late thirties by a largely unknown Iowa State University professor. This work cenetrs in detail on this crucial trial.

8vo. 463pp., notes, biblio, index. Introduction by Douglas Hofstadter. In 1973, Federal District Judge Earl R. Larson issued a ruling in a patent case that was to have profound and long-lasting implications for the dawning computer revolution. Against all expectations, the judge ruled against Sperry Rand Corporation, thus opening the field for the innovations that made the digital age what it is today. But this is about more than a court case. From the foreword: "Typically, in the case of a revolutionary innovation that comes to pervade society, most of us have a knee-jerk reaction to the question 'Who invented it?' This book is about the hidden social pressures to create a 'mythic hero' figure for the discovery of the computer. The cast of characters in this story is filled with vivid and very real personalities. Some are oddballs, and some are squares; some are honest, some are dishonest, and some are opportunists floating halfway in between. It is a genuine drama, written with flair and a supreme attempt at objectivity." Boards in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus. by Shirley McLaughlin, 7.5 x 5", glossy pict boards, 128pp, covers a little bit rubbed else a nice copy of this SCARCE children's adventure title. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: New.