Eniac: the Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
- List Price: $12.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin Putnam
- Publish date: 01/01/2001
Description:
It was the size of a three-bedroom apartment, weighed 30 tons, and cost nearly half a million dollars to build -- and $650 an hour to run. But in 1945, this behemoth was the cutting edge in technology, and a herald of the digital age to come. This "little gem of a book" * tells the story of this machine and the men who built it -- as well as the secrecy, controversy, jealousy, and lawsuits that surrounded it -- in a compelling "real-life techno-thriller".
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