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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. First printing of Hartree's famous inauguration speech, as issued. "[T]he first booklet on electronic computers separately published by a conventional publisher, and also one of the earliest discussions of how these machines could be used in scientific calculations ... Hartree reported his experiences with ENIAC and touched upon the possible future applications of large general-purpose computers in science, medicine and economics". [Origins of Cyberspace 649] This work marks tipping point between computers being an academic and scientific curiosity to a tool which would revolutionize scientific research and the world as a whole. "This can be seen as the start of Hartree's work on bringing computers and their potential to the attention of the scientific community." [Dictionary of Scientific Biography]. [N.B. Published in 1947, there is an interesting question as to whether… Read More