Alan Turing and his Contemporaries: Building the world's first computers

by Roger Johnson

Simon H. Lavington, Chris Burton, Martin Campbell-Kelly, Simon Lavington, and Roger Johnson

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Secret wartime projects in code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. This is the story of the people and projects that flourished in the post-war period.

By 1955 computers had begun to appear in the market-place. The Information Age was dawning and Alan Turing and his contemporaries held centre stage. Their influence is still discernable deep down within today's hardware and software.
  • ISBN10 1780171064
  • ISBN13 9781780171067
  • Publish Date 11 February 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher BCS Learning & Development Limited
  • Imprint BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT