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The Computer. My Life.
Konrad Zuse
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Description for The Computer. My Life.
Hardback. One of the great pioneers of the computer age, Konrad Zuse created the first stored-program computer in 1941 and continued to build machines for a quarter-century, as well as writing books and articles. Filled with fascinating asides, this work is his autobiography. Translator(s): McKenna, P.; Ross, J.A. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Konrad Zuse is one of the great pioneers of the computer age. He created thefirst fully automated, program controlled, freely programmable computer using binary floating-point calculation. It was operational in 1941. He built his first machines in Berlin during the Second World War, with bombs falling all around, and after the war he built up a company that was taken over by Siemens in 1967. Zuse was an inventor in the traditional style, full of phantastic ideas, but also gifted with a powerful analytical mind. Single-handedly, he developed one of the first programming languages, the Plan Calculus, including features ... Read more
Konrad Zuse is one of the great pioneers of the computer age. He created thefirst fully automated, program controlled, freely programmable computer using binary floating-point calculation. It was operational in 1941. He built his first machines in Berlin during the Second World War, with bombs falling all around, and after the war he built up a company that was taken over by Siemens in 1967. Zuse was an inventor in the traditional style, full of phantastic ideas, but also gifted with a powerful analytical mind. Single-handedly, he developed one of the first programming languages, the Plan Calculus, including features ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540564539
SKU
V9783540564539
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99-15
Reviews for The Computer. My Life.
From the reviews: “The book tells the story of an inventor and an entrepreneur. It is refreshing because it allows one to see things outside of the box, beyond the more traditional story, so that he or she can better appreciate key aspects of computing and computation. Furthermore, the book tells the story of a father, a hard worker, ... Read more