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Herman Goldstine and the IAS Machine: Unveiling the Modern Computer (2023)


How one man helped shape the development of modern computers

Grainy and noisy in its current YouTube incarnation, it’s nonetheless riveting, with footage of von Neumann himself and contributions from friends and colleagues on the Manhattan Project including Stanislaw Ulam, Eugene Wigner and Edward Teller. When it became clear to von Neumann that I was concerned with the development of an electronic computer capable of 333 multiplications per second, the whole atmosphere changed from one of relaxed good humor to one more like the oral examination for a doctor’s degree in mathematics. Julian Bigelow, Herman Goldstine, Robert Oppenheimer, John von Neumann and the IAS Machine - By Ibigelow - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia

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