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MIT Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback / softback. New. This 1950 book was based on a short series of lectures given by the author at the University of Illinois in 1948. Aimed at the non-specialist, the chief aim of the text was to provide a general introduction to contemporary developments in the field of calculating instruments and machines.

Cambridge University Press, 2012. Paperback. New. reissue edition. 138 pages. 9.50x6.75x0.50 inches.

University of Illinois Press, 1949 First Edition Second Printing (1953) stated in black-stamped brown cloth, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, no dj, binding tight pages bright, slight edge wear to boards, offsetting to endpaper gutters, from collection of UCLA mathematician Nathaniel Grossman with his neat name to front endpaper, a clean tight copy of this pioneering work of early computing by the famed Cambridge mathematician; 8vo; (ix) 138pp indexed & illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+.

URBANA, ILLINOIS: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS. FINE IN A GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1953. SECOND PRNTG. HARDCOVER. ISBN: ALONG WITH EDMOND BERKELEY'S "GIANT BRAINS OR MACHINES THAT THINK". ISBN: GENERALLY CONSIDERED THE SEMINAL BOOKS ON COMPUTERS.. LIGHT BROWN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH DARK BROWN SPINE TITLES. BOOKIS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. TATTERED D.J. HASQUITE A BIT OF EDGE WEAR WITH SOME CHIPPING TO THE EDGES, THE LARGEST A 11/4" SQUARE PIECE MISSING AT THE REAR PANEL'S LOWER FORE-EDGE CORNER,SOME MODERATE RUB TO THE FACE OF THE PANELS AND FORE-EDGE RUBBED, AND ISNOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A NICE COPY OVERALL WITH A D.J. ABOUT 95% PRESENT.ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1949 BOTH FIRST AND SECOND PRINTINGS ARE VERYSCARCE.. Keywords: COMPUTERS, HISTORY.

Urbana: The University of Illinois Press,, 1949. First edition, first printing, of Hartree's survey of analogue and digital machines, now considered a pioneering work of computing. Intended as a general introduction illustrated by Hartree's personal experiences working with ENIAC and the Harvard Mark I, the book's contents were originally delivered as a lecture series at the University of Illinois in 1948. "They represented the first comprehensive exposition of electronic digital computing, and this book was one of the first two treatises on the subject" (Hook & Norman, p. 377); the other was Edmund Berkeley's Giant Brains or Machines that Think. Large octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in black. With dust jacket. Numerous photographic illustrations and diagrams to the text. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped and rubbed, some nicks and longer tears to dust jacket extremities, particularly to upper edges of front and rear covers and head of spine, overall a very good copy. Hook & Norman,… Read More

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. "The first comprehensive exposition of electronic digital computing." [OOC 652] "These lectures were intended for a well-informed scientific audience outside the tiny group of professionals then involved with electronic computing. They represented the first comprehensive exposition of electronic digital computing, and this book was one of the first two treatises on the subject. The other book, Edmund Berkeley's Giant Brains or Machines That Think was written for a more popular audience and achieved greater sales. . . . Chapter 8, entitled ‘Projects and prospects,' contains the first generally available comprehensive account of the stored-program machines then in development, including EDVAC, ACE, and EDSAC." [OOC 652]. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, one small closed tear, else bright and clean. Orange cloth boards,… Read More