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Berkeley, Edmund Callis - Giant Brains or Machines That Think
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| Schrijver: | Berkeley, Edmund Callis |
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| Titel: | Giant Brains or Machines That Think |
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| Uitgever: | New York, John Wiley / London, Chapman & Hall, 1950, second printing of first edition |
| Bijzonderheid: | cloth, dustjacket, 8vo xvi+270 pp., ills. |
| Prijs: | € 450,00 |
| Meer info | SECOND PRINTING OF FIRST EDITION of the first popular work on electronic digital computers; when Giant Brains was published, electronic computers were virtually unknown to the general public; the few that existed were unique machines that belonged to the government; UNIVAC, the first commercial mainframe, was still in early stages of development; apart from occasional newspaper and magazine articles, there was virtually no information on electronic computers available for the nonspecialist reader. Berkeley's book was intended to explain a difficult subject to curious people, most of whom would probably never see an actual electronic digital computer. Berkeley's book is written in a clear, easy-to-read style that remains quite accessible even today; it includes chapters on the Harvard Mark I and ENIAC, as well as notices of the Harvard Mark II; good condition (dustjacket frayed at edges; binding perfect; interior clean, no stamps or annotations |
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