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ISBN10: 1591020344, ISBN13: 9781591020349, [publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers] Hardcover Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. [Dunfermline, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
Prometheus Books, Date: 2003. 1st printing. Prior owner's typed inventory label on front flyleaf, otherwise a tight, clean copy. 463pp. Introduction by Douglas Hofstadter. In a very nice jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. 2003. Prometheus Books ISBN 1591020344 9781591020349 [US]
ISBN10: 1591020344, ISBN13: 9781591020349, [publisher: Prometheus] Hardcover In 1973, Federal District Judge Earl R. Larson issued a ruling in a patent case that was to have profound and long-lasting implications for the dawning computer revolution. Against all expectations, the judge ruled against Sperry Rand Corp., which claimed to hold the patent on the first computer dubbed the "ENIAC" and was demanding huge royalties on all electronic data processing sales by Honeywell Inc. and other large competitors. The judge came to the conclusion that in fact the ENIAC was not the first computer but was a derivative of an obscure computer called the ABC, which had been developed in the late thirties by a largely unknown professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, named John V. Atanasoff.Looking back today from our digital world at what was then a little-publicized trial, it is clear that the judge's decision had enormous repercussions. If Judge Larson had ruled the other way, in favor of the patent claim, subsequent manufacturers of computing hardware would have had to obtain a license from Sperry Rand, and the course of computing history would likely have been very different from the galloping revolution we have all witnessed in the past three decades.This book centers on this crucial trial, arguing that Judge Larson correctly evaluated the facts and made the right decision, even though many in the computing community have never ...
Prometheus Books 2003 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket Prometheus Books, 2003. 1st printing. Prior owner's typed inventory label on front flyleaf, otherwise a tight, clean copy. 463pp. Introduction by Douglas Hofstadter. In a very nice jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
ISBN10: 1591020344, ISBN13: 9781591020349, [publisher: Prometheus] Hardcover Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.75 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, Date: 2003. Boards in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very good. 8vo. 463pp., notes, biblio, index. Introduction by Douglas Hofstadter. In 1973, Federal District Judge Earl R. Larson issued a ruling in a patent case that was to have profound and long-lasting implications for the dawning computer revolution. Against all expectations, the judge ruled against Sperry Rand Corporation, thus opening the field for the innovations that made the digital age what it is today. But this is about more than a court case. From the foreword: "Typically, in the case of a revolutionary innovation that comes to pervade society, most of us have a knee-jerk reaction to the question 'Who invented it?' This book is about the hidden social pressures to create a 'mythic hero' figure for the discovery of the computer... The cast of characters in this story is filled with vivid and very real personalities. Some are oddballs, and some are squares; some are honest, some are dishonest, and some are opportunists floating halfway in between. It is a genuine drama, written with flair and a supreme attempt at objectivity.. 2003. Prometheus Books ISBN 1591020344 9781591020349 [US]
ISBN10: 1591020344, ISBN13: 9781591020349, [publisher: Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY] Hardcover 8vo. 463pp., notes, biblio, index. Introduction by Douglas Hofstadter. In 1973, Federal District Judge Earl R. Larson issued a ruling in a patent case that was to have profound and long-lasting implications for the dawning computer revolution. Against all expectations, the judge ruled against Sperry Rand Corporation, thus opening the field for the innovations that made the digital age what it is today. But this is about more than a court case. From the foreword: "Typically, in the case of a revolutionary innovation that comes to pervade society, most of us have a knee-jerk reaction to the question 'Who invented it?' This book is about the hidden social pressures to create a 'mythic hero' figure for the discovery of the computer. The cast of characters in this story is filled with vivid and very real personalities. Some are oddballs, and some are squares; some are honest, some are dishonest, and some are opportunists floating halfway in between. It is a genuine drama, written with flair and a supreme attempt at objectivity." Boards in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very good [Seattle, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003] ...
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