Title :
As the twig is bent: the early life of John Mauchly
Author_Institution :
US Customs Service, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Our life experiences influence the way we think and the types of activities in which we engage. This paper examines the early life of John Mauchly, one of the inventors of the ENIAC, and details those experiences which came to influence his contributions to the creation of the ENIAC and subsequent computers
Keywords :
biographies; history; mainframes; ENIAC; John Mauchly; biography; computers; early life; inventor; life experiences; Computer hacking; Earth; Education; Heart; History; Humans; Ink; Military computing; Physics computing; Surgery;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
