Who invented the computer? : the legal battle that changed computing history / Alice Rowe Burks ; fo...
Who invented the computer? : the legal battle that changed computing history / Alice Rowe Burks ; fo...
Who invented the computer? : the legal battle that changed computing history / Alice Rowe Burks ; foreword by Douglas R. Hofstadter.
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Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N004.09/8
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English
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463 p. : ill., ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Douglas Hofstadter -- All Rise -- A. Nothing But the Truth -- Ch. 1. Mauchly on the Stand -- Ch. 2. Mauchly in Deposition -- Ch. 3. Atanasoff as Witness -- Ch. 4. Mauchly before Atanasoff -- Ch. 5. Larson from the Bench -- B. The Court of Public Opinion -- Ch. 6. Breaking into Print -- Ch...
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Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, 2003.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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"Who did invent the "automatic electronic digital computer" at issue in Judge Larson's courtroom? Was it John Mauchly and Presper Eckert, whose ENIAC was unveiled to the world in 1946? Or was it John Atanasoff, whose ABC was resurrected decades later to play a crucial role in the multimillion-dollar lawsuit?" "Who Invented the Computer? centers on...
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Who invented the computer? : the legal battle that changed computing history / Alice Rowe Burks ; foreword by Douglas R. Hofstadter.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N004.09/8
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74VvyzzlvNMl
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1591020344 (alk. paper)
9781591020349 (alk. paper)
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004.09
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991016098069702626
