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The Birth of Digital Computing

John Von Neuman was one of the geniuses of the Manhattan project – America’s quest to build the atomic bomb. After Manhattan ended, Von Neuman shared this with his colleagues: “I am thinking about something much more important than bombs. I am thinking about computers.”

George Dyson discusses von Neuman, Barricelli, Bigelow, and others in this 17-minute history of digital computing:

Posted November 12, 2008 by Raymond T. Hightower