Computing Reviews
Today's Issue Hot Topics Search Browse Recommended My Account Log In
Browse by topic Browse by titles Authors Reviewers Browse by issue Browse Help
Search
 
Alo, Richard
University of Houston Downtown
Houston, Texas
  Follow this Reviewer
 
 
 
Options:
Date Reviewed  
 
1 review

   
  The mathematical reception of the modern computer: john von neumann and the institute for advanced study computer
Aspray W. In Studies in the history of mathematics. Washington, DC: MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, 1987.  Type: Book Chapter

The basic purpose of this paper is to study an important example of the relationship between mathematics and computing in the period from 1945 to 1955. The example discussed is the construction of a computer at the Institute for Advanc...

Jan 1 1989  
 
 
   
Send Your Comments
Contact Us
Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.   Copyright 1999-2024 ThinkLoud®
Terms of Use
| Privacy Policy