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OverviewHoward Hathaway Aiken (1900-1973) was a major figure of the early digital era. He is best known for his first machine, the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator or Harvard Mark I, conceived in 1937 and put into operation in 1944. He also made contributions to the development of applications for the new machines and to the creation of a university curriculum for computer science. This biography of Aiken offers an introduction to Aiken and his times. The author argues for Aiken's significance as a shaper of the computer world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: I. Bernard Cohen , William Aspray (Professor, University of Colorado Boulder) , Thomas J. Misa (Director, University of Minnesota)Publisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780262531795ISBN 10: 0262531798 Pages: 412 Publication Date: 25 August 2000 Recommended Age: From 18 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviews"""Cohen's close relationship with Aiken endows his history with rich details but never clouds his vision of Aiken's dark side. Much more than a history of computing, this book is an engaging story of a titanic personality at the dawn of the informationage."" Lawrence Hunter, New York Times Book Review ""The Aiken Portrait is on a par with Hodge's Turingbiography. I found the book thoroughly absorbing--a realpage-turner. Not only is it a story of computers, but it is a realslice of American life. It is affectionate and atmospheric, and itcarries terrific authority because of Professor Cohen's intimatepersonal knowledge of Aiken."" Martin Campbell-Kelly , University of Warwick, UK" Cohen's close relationship with Aiken endows his history with rich details but never clouds his vision of Aiken's dark side. Much more than a history of computing, this book is an engaging story of a titanic personality at the dawn of the information age. --Lawrence Hunter, New York Times Book Review Cohen's close relationship with Aiken endows his history with rich details but never clouds his vision of Aiken's dark side. Much more than a history of computing, this book is an engaging story of a titanic personality at the dawn of the informationage. Lawrence Hunter, New York Times Book Review The Aiken Portrait is on a par with Hodge's Turingbiography. I found the book thoroughly absorbing--a realpage-turner. Not only is it a story of computers, but it is a realslice of American life. It is affectionate and atmospheric, and itcarries terrific authority because of Professor Cohen's intimatepersonal knowledge of Aiken. Martin Campbell-Kelly , University of Warwick, UK Author InformationWilliam Aspray is Bill and Lewis Suit Professor of Information Technologies in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the coeditor of Women and Information Technology: Research on Underrepresentation (2006) and The Internet and American Business (2008), both published by the MIT Press. Thomas J. Misa is ERA-Land Grant Professor of the History of Technology at the University of Minnesota, where he directs the Charles Babbage Institute. His books include Modernity and Technology (coedited with Philip Brey and Andrew Feenberg; MIT Press, 2003). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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