$180
Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery . Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948. First edition, quarto, illustrated, in navy blue publisher's cloth binding, and the original dust jacket, the jacket with marginal chipping, rubbing, the spine sunned, surface scratches, chip to head with loss, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. "In January 1947, the Navy Department Bureau of Ordnance and Harvard University jointly sponsored a symposium at the Harvard Computation Laboratory on large-scale digital calculating machinery. It provided one of the first and most important early forums for discussion of the problems and approaches in the design, construction, operation, and application of computers. Coming before the establishment of professional journals, societies, or regular meetings in computer science, the proceedings of the symposium offer the best picture of computing technology in the early years that we have available." (Blurb provided by the MIT Press)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17
