William Aspray
Author of John von Neumann and the Origins of Modern Computing (History of Computing)
Works by William Aspray
Historical Studies in Computing, Information, and Society Insights from the Flatiron Lectures (2019) 6 copies
Participation in computing : the National Science Foundation's expansionary programs (2016) 5 copies
Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing: A Historical and Social Study (History of Computing) (2016) 4 copies
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- Gender
- male
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D. in history of science)
Wesleyan University B.A. in philosophy and mathematics
Wesleyan University M.A. in mathematics - Occupations
- Professor
- Organizations
- University of Texas School of Information Bill and Lewis Suit Professor of Information Technologies
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Computing Before Computers by William Aspray
A series of essays, with photos, of mechanical and pre-digital computation devices. Includes one chapter on subject of punched card machines.
A good source to read about von Neumann. It serves more as a list of what he worked on, it did not go too deep into any specific topic. Some parts may be interesting for people with computer science background. Overall, though, I was not satisfied with the book.
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- Members
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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