Howard Aiken
Subtitle: portrait of a computer pioneer
By: I. Bernard Cohen.
Series: History of computing
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: Aiken, Howard H. 1900-1973; Computer engineers -- United States -- Biography; Computers -- History
Description: Howard Hathaway Aiken (1900-1973) was a major figure of the early digital era. He is best known for his first machine, the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator or Harvard Mark I, conceived in 1937 and put into operation in 1944. But he also made significant contributions to the development of applications for the new machines and to the creation of a university curriculum for computer science.

This biography of Aiken, by a major historian of science who was also a colleague of Aiken's at Harvard, offers a clear and often entertaining introduction to Aiken and his times.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.