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The Origins of Digital Computers (Texts & Monographs in Computer Science) [Hardcover]

Brian Randell (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 580 pages
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag; 3 Sub edition (March 1982)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0387113193
  • ISBN-13: 978-0387113197
  • Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,982,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive source material for computer history, January 6, 1999
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There are a bunch of books about the history of computing, but this one is unique -- it reprints original papers from Babbage through EDVAC and EDSAC in the late 1940s. Some of the papers are a tough slog, since the terminology is unfamiliar, but there's no better way to get inside the heads of the people who invented all this stuff. And what's really amazing is that by 1948, they were designing recognizably modern computers. If it weren't so overpriced I'd say every programmer should have a copy.
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