• DocumentCode
    917345
  • Title

    Max Newman: Topologist, Codebreaker, and Pioneer of Computing

  • Author

    Anderson, David

  • Author_Institution
    University of Portsmouth
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    76
  • Lastpage
    81
  • Abstract
    The dominant discourse in the History of Computing holds that the world\´s first stored-program digital electronic computer--the Manchester "Baby"--was developed under the sole leadership and direction of the Department of Electro-Technics. This biography, which arises out of a detailed re-examination of the historical evidence, challenges the dominant account of the project and re-situates the mathematician M.H.A. Newman as its overall leader.
  • Keywords
    Cities and towns; Education; Educational institutions; Fellows; Finishing; History; Mathematics; Military computing; Scholarships; Watches; Baby; Blackett; Kilburn; Manchester; Newman; SSEM; Williams;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2007.4338447
  • Filename
    4338447
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=917345