Table of Contents

• FrontMatter, pg. i
• Contents, pg. v
• Illustrations, pg. vii
• Preface (1893), pg. ix
• Preface, pg. xi
• I. Beginnings, pg. 3
• 2. Cllarles Babhage and His Analytical Engine, pg. 10
• 3. The Astronolnical Ephemeris, pg. 27
• 4. The Universities: Maxwell and Boole, pg. 31
• 5, Integrators and Planin~c.ters, pg. 39
• 6. Michelsori, Fourier Coc~ffic~ientasn, d the Gibbs Phenomenon, pg. 52
• 7. Boolean Algebra: x2 = xx = x, pg. 60
• 8. Billings, IIollerith, and the. Census, pg. 65
• 9. Rallistics ancl the Rise of the Great Mathematicians, pg. 72
• 10. Blish's Differential Analyzer and Other Analog IJcvices, pg. 84
• 11. Adaptation to Scientific Needs, pg. 106
• 12. Renascenrbe and Triumph of Digital Means of Computation, pg. 115
• 1. Electronic, EAi~rtsp rior to the EN1AC, pg. 123
• 2. The Ballistic Research Laboratory, pg. 127
• 3. Differences between Analog and Digital Machines, pg. 140
• 4. Beginnings of the ENIA(:, pg. 148
• 5. The ENIAC as a Matl~errratical Instrument, pg. 157
• 6. Jolln von Nel~mann ant1 the Computer, pg. 167
• 7. Beyond the ENIAC, pg. 184
• 8. Tlte Structure of the EDVAC, pg. 204
• 9. The Spread of Ideas, pg. 211
• 10. First Calculations on the ENIAC, pg. 225
• 1. Post-EIIVAC Days, pg. 239
• 2. The Institute for Advanced Study Computer, pg. 252
• 3. Automata Theory and Logic Machines, pg. 271
• 4. Numerical Mathematics, pg. 286
• 5. Nun~ericalM eteorology, pg. 300
• 6. Engineering Activities and Achievements, pg. 306
• 7. The Computer and UNESCO, pg. 321
• 8. The Early Industrial Scene, pg. 325
• 9. Programming Languages, pg. 333
• 10. Conclusions, pg. 342
• APPENDIX: World-Wide Developments, pg. 349
• Index, pg. 363