Alan Turing and His Contemporaries: Building the World's First Computers

by Martin Campbell-Kelly, Roger Johnson, Chris Burton

Secret wartime projects in code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. Alan Turing took an early lead on the theory side, along with fellow mathematicians on both sides of the Atlantic. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period. By 1955 the computers produced by companies such as Ferranti, English Electric, Elliott...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906124906
• ISBN13: 9781906124908
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.7"