The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer
Smiley tells the quintessentially American story of how John Atanasoff, a professor of physics at the University of Iowa, hit on the idea that the binary number system and electronic switches could yield a computing machine. The author makes the race to develop digital computing as gripping as a real-life techno-thriller.
- Autori: Jane Smiley
- Editura: Doubleday Books
- Anul aparitiei: 2010
- ISBN: 9780385527132
- Numar de pagini: 256
- Categorie: Biography