Alan Turing and His Contemporaries

Building the World's First Computers

• Author(s): Simon Lavington,
• Publisher: BCS, The Chartered Institute
• Pages: 111
• ISBN_10: 1780171056
  ISBN_13: 9781780171050
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology , Computers / General , Computers / Computer Science , Computers / History , Science / General , Science / History , Technology & Engineering / History ,

Description:... 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.