The First Computers - (History of Computing) by Raul Rojas & Ulf Hashagen (Paperback)

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About the Book A history of computing focusing on the actual architectures of the first machines that made electronic computing a practical reality. Book Synopsis This history of computing focuses not on chronology (what came first and who deserves credit for it) but on the actual architectures of the first machines that made electronic computing a practical reality. The book covers computers built in the United States, Germany, England, and Japan. It makes clear that similar concepts were often pursued simultaneously and that the early researchers explored many architectures beyond the von Neumann architecture that eventually became canonical. The contributors include not only historians b…