The Man Who Invented the Computer
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The Man Who Invented the Computer is a 2010 historical biography by author Jane Smiley
about American physicist John Vincent Atanasoff
and the invention of the computer. The book follows Atanasoff as he collaborates with others to develop the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
(ABC), the first electronic digital computing device.
Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist.-Biography:Born in Los Angeles, California, Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and graduated from John Burroughs School. She obtained an A.B. at Vassar College, then earned an M.F.A. and Ph.D. from the...
about American physicist John Vincent Atanasoff
John Vincent Atanasoff
John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist and inventor.The 1973 decision of the patent suit Honeywell v. Sperry Rand named him the inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer...
and the invention of the computer. The book follows Atanasoff as he collaborates with others to develop the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
The Atanasoff–Berry Computer was the first electronic digital computing device. Conceived in 1937, the machine was not programmable, being designed only to solve systems of linear equations. It was successfully tested in 1942...
(ABC), the first electronic digital computing device.