Sale!

The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann 1st Edition by Herman H Goldstine ISBN 1400820138 9781400820139

Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $35.00.

The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann Herman H. Goldstine Digital Instant Download

Author(s): Herman H. Goldstine
ISBN(s): 9781400820139, 1400820138
Edition: Course Book
File Details: PDF, 24.45 MB
Year: 1993
Language: english
SKU: EB-51946804 Category: Tag:

The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann 1st Edition by Herman H Goldstine – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery: 1400820138, 9781400820139
Full download The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann 1st Edition after payment

Product details:

ISBN 10: 1400820138
ISBN 13: 9781400820139
Author: Herman H Goldstine

In 1942, Lt. Herman H. Goldstine, a former mathematics professor, was stationed at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. It was there that he assisted in the creation of the ENIAC, the first electronic digital computer. The ENIAC was operational in 1945, but plans for a new computer were already underway. The principal source of ideas for the new computer was John von Neumann, who became Goldstine’s chief collaborator. Together they developed EDVAC, successor to ENIAC. After World War II, at the Institute for Advanced Study, they built what was to become the prototype of the present-day computer. Herman Goldstine writes as both historian and scientist in this first examination of the development of computing machinery, from the seventeenth century through the early 1950s. His personal involvement lends a special authenticity to his narrative, as he sprinkles anecdotes and stories liberally through his text.

The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann 1st Table of contents:

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 Meteorology
6: Engineering Activities and Achievements
7: The Computer and UNESCO
8: The Early Industrial Scene
9: Programming Languages

People also search for The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann 1st:

goldstine the computer from pascal to von neumann
    
explain von neumann architecture of computer
    
are modern computers von neumann
    
the pascaline and arithmometer are examples of
    
pascal computer programming

Tags: Herman H Goldstine, Computer, Pascal, Neumann