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4.0 out of 5 stars
a partisan look at Aiken,
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This review is from: Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer (History of Computing) (Hardcover)
The book is a partisan contribution to a long running skirmish about the dawn of modern computing. To what extent did Aiken influence the design of IBM's first postwar computers? Today, this issue is of interest only to the historians of computing. But Cohen takes us back to those early times. When the basic architecture was being laid down, and not all the implications were fully understood.
It is best to keep that in mind when reading the book. Neither Aiken or IBM's engineers fully understood what they were doing. But we can only say that with the benefit of 60 years hindsight, and a hugely successful computer industry. Certainly, Aiken comes off as visionary. But perhaps Cohen understates IBM's contribution? |
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Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer (History of Computing) by I. Bernard Cohen (Hardcover - June 4, 1999)
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