Set of the “remarkable” IBM Computation Proceedings, 1948-1951
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- New York: IBM Corp, 1951
New York: IBM Corp, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. • “Proceedings, Scientific Computation Forum,” 1948. (OOC 683)
• “Proceedings, Seminar on Scientific Computation,” November 1949. (OOC 684)
• “Proceedings, Computation Seminar,” December 1949. (OOC 685). Includes von Neumann on “The Future of High-Speed Computing,” disputing the “major concern which is frequently voiced in connection with very fast computing machines . . . that they will do themselves out of business,” that is, “run out of work.”
• “Proceedings, Industrial Computation Seminar,” September 1950. (OOC 689)
• “Proceedings, Computation Seminar,” August 1951. (OOC 690) “The five Proceedings volumes, 1948-1951, form a record of the remarkable versatility of punched-card equipment, including the 604 and CPC, in the hands of ingenious scientists and engineers.” Bashe, Charles J. et al, IBM’s Early Computers. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1986, p. 617. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Cloth bound (blue, burgundy, green, and brown), gilt lettering. 4to. 126; 109; 173; 103; 148pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
• “Proceedings, Seminar on Scientific Computation,” November 1949. (OOC 684)
• “Proceedings, Computation Seminar,” December 1949. (OOC 685). Includes von Neumann on “The Future of High-Speed Computing,” disputing the “major concern which is frequently voiced in connection with very fast computing machines . . . that they will do themselves out of business,” that is, “run out of work.”
• “Proceedings, Industrial Computation Seminar,” September 1950. (OOC 689)
• “Proceedings, Computation Seminar,” August 1951. (OOC 690) “The five Proceedings volumes, 1948-1951, form a record of the remarkable versatility of punched-card equipment, including the 604 and CPC, in the hands of ingenious scientists and engineers.” Bashe, Charles J. et al, IBM’s Early Computers. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1986, p. 617. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Cloth bound (blue, burgundy, green, and brown), gilt lettering. 4to. 126; 109; 173; 103; 148pp. Illus. (b/w plates).