Alan Turing and His Contemporaries: Building the World's First Computers

Simon Lavington, Martin Campbell-Kelly, Chris Burton

ISBN 10: 1906124906 / ISBN 13: 9781906124908

Editore: BCS 2012-02-06, 2012

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Titolo: Alan Turing and His Contemporaries: Building...

Casa editrice: BCS 2012-02-06

Data di pubblicazione: 2012

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: New

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Secret wartime projects in code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. By 1955 computers had begun to appear in the market-place. The Information Age was dawning and Alan Turing and his contemporaries held centre stage. Their influence is still discernable deep down within today’s hardware and software.

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Chris Burton is one of the world's leading restorers of historic computers. Professor Martin Campbell-Kelly is the UK's foremost computer historian. Dr Roger Johnson is a past President of the British Computer Society. Professor Simon Lavington is a former United Nations Technical Expert. All are committee members of the Computer Conservation Society.