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Selected Bibliography
The following bibliography lists only works that are especially relevant to computing's
pioneering years, 1935-1945. The reader should consult the journal
Annals of the History
of Computing,
especially the extensive bibliography by Brian Randell in vol. 1, no. 2
(October, 1979) of that journal, for a more comprehensive list of references.
Abramowitz, Milton, et al., eds.
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National Bureau of Standards, Applied Mathematics
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IEEE Spectrum, 1
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Aiken, Howard H., and Hopper, Grace M. "The Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator."
Electrical Engineering,
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Aiken, Howard H., and Staff of the Harvard Computation Laboratory.
A Manual of Operation
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. 1958.
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Proceedings of a Second Symposium on
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