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ENIAC : the triumphs and tragedies of the world's first computer by Scott MacCartney is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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For all his genius, John von Neumann was not, as he is generally credited, the true father of the modern computer. That honor belongs to the two men who built the first programmable computer, the lengendary ENIAC: John Mauchly and Presper Eckert. In ENIAC, two stories-of the three-year race to complete the computer, and of the three-decade struggle to take credit for it-are intertwined and fully revealed to general readers for the first time. Today's computers are fantastically complex machines, shaped by innovations dreamt up by hundreds of engineers and theorists over the last several decades. Does it even make sense, then, to ask who invented the computer? McCartney thinks so, and in ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer, he's written a compelling answer to the question, crediting two relatively unsung Pennsylvanians with what is arguably the most significant invention of the century. McCartney's heroes are Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, and as he makes clear, there are those who might question the choice. Nobody doubts the pair designed and built ENIAC, the world's first fully electronic computer and a watershed in the history of computing. But for y
Who reads ENIAC : the triumphs and tragedies of the world's first computer?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Scott MacCartney
- Publisher
- Walker & Company
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802713483
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Computer Science, Science, Engineering
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (238 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13