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ENIAC : the triumphs and tragedies of the world's first computer
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ENIAC : the triumphs and tragedies of the world's first computer

by Scott McCartney

This history chronicles the creation of ENIAC, the world's first digital electronic computer, and the subsequent thirty-year struggle of its inventors to secure recognition and defend their patents.

Accession 20794 ISBN 0425176444 Publisher Berkley Books
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