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

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

Simon Lavington (Editor), Martin Campbell-Kelly (Contribution by), Chris Burton (Contribution by)
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Publication Date: February 6th, 2012
Publisher:
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT
ISBN:
9781906124908
Pages:
126
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Description

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 Brothers and the British Tabulating Machine Co. had begun to appear in the market-place. The Information Age was dawning. Before the market passed to the Americans, for a brief period Alan Turing and his contemporaries held centre stage. Their influence is still discernible deep down within today's hardware and software.

About the Author

Chris Burton is one of the world's leading restorers of historic computers. Professor Martin Campbell-Kelly is the UK's foremost computer historian. Dr Roger Johnson is a past President of the British Computer Society. Professor Simon Lavington is the Computer Conservation Society's digital Archivist. All are committee members of the Computer Conservation Society.