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The computer: from Pascal to von Neumann

Goldstine, Herman Heine, 1913-

Year: 1993.

Publisher: Princeton University Press.

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Frontmatter

Preface (1993)

Preface

PART ONE: The Historical Background up to World War II

1. Beginnings

2. Charles Babbage and His Analytical Engine

3. The Astronomical Ephemeris

4. The Universities: Maxwell and Boole

5. Integrators and Planimeters

6. Michelson, Fourier Coefficients, and the Gibbs Phenomenon

7. Boolean Algebra: x2 = xx = x

8. Billings, Hollerith, and the Census

9. Ballistics and the Rise of the Great Mathematicians

10. Bush's Differential Analyzer and Other Analog Devices

11. Adaptation to Scientific Needs

12. Renascence and Triumph of Digital Means of Computation

PART TWO: Wartime Developments: ENIAC and EDVAC

1. Electronic Efforts prior to the ENIAC

2. The Ballistic Research Laboratory

3. Differences between Analog and Digital Machines

4. Beginnings of the ENIAC

5. The ENIAC as a Mathematical Instrument

6. John von Neumann and the Computer

7. Beyond the ENIAC

8. The Structure of the EDVAC

9. The Spread of Ideas

10. First Calculations on the ENIAC

PART THREE: Post-World War II: The von Neumann Machine and the Institute for Advanced Study

1. Post-EDVAC Days

2. The Institute for Advanced Study Computer

3. Automata Theory and Logic Machines

4. Numerical Mathematics

5. Numerical Meterology

6. Engineering Activities and Achievements

7. The Computer and UNESCO

8. The Early Industrial Scene

9. Programming Languages

10. Conclusions

APPENDIX: World-Wide Developments

Index

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Title:

The computer : from Pascal to von Neumann / Herman H. Goldstine.

Author:

Goldstine, Herman Heine, 1913-

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The computer : from Pascal to von Neumann / Herman H. Goldstine.
Goldstine, Herman Heine, 1913-
Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1993.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.01140

Subject Headings:

• Computers -- History

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• "Fifth paperback printing, with a new preface, 1993"--T.p. verso.
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