Title :
J. Presper Eckert
Author_Institution :
2103 Charlton, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
The life experiences of any human influence the way we think and the types of activities in which we engage. This paper examines the early life of J. Presper Eckert, one of the inventors of the ENIAC, and details those experiences which obviously came to influence his contributions to the creation of the ENIAC and subsequent computers
Keywords :
biographies; history; mainframes; ENIAC; J. Presper Eckert; biography; computers; early life; inventor; life experiences; Batteries; Boring; Cities and towns; Helium; Humans; Ice; Libraries; Milling machines; Telegraphy; Telephony;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
