Scott McCartney

The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer

ENIAC

Presents a history of the world's first programmable computer, ENIAC, and its creators, a team funded by the U.S. Army and led by John Mauchly and Presper Eckert, and discusses their race to complete the computer and their struggle to take credit for their discovery.

ENIAC, the Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer

Tad Bartimus

Two journalists submit their somewhat unfocused account--incorporating history, interviews, and description--of their journey along a thousand-mile length of Interstate 25 in New Mexico and Wyoming where lies an extraordinary concentration of high- tech military hardware and research facilities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Scott McCartney

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