| Title:
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ALAN TURING AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
BUILDING THE WORLD'S FIRST COMPUTERS |
| By: |
Simon Lavington (Editor), Chris Burton, Martin Campbell-Kelly |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1780171056 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781780171050 |
| Publisher: |
BCS LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED |
| Pub. date: |
11 February, 2012 |
| Pages: |
130 |
| Description: |
Secret wartime projects in areas such as code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. Their influence is still discernable deep down within today's hardware and software. |
| Synopsis: |
Secret wartime projects in code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. By 1955 computers had begun to appear in the market-place. The Information Age was dawning and Alan Turing and his contemporaries held centre stage. Their influence is still discernable deep down within today's hardware and software. |
| Illustrations: |
55 Illustrations, unspecified |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |