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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.

Graef, Martin, ed. 350 Jahre Rechenmaschinen. Munich: Hausner, 1973, 124pp.

Harmon, Margaret. Stretching Man's Mind. New York: Mason/Charter, 1975, 239pp.

Hoffmann, Walter. Digitale Informationswandler. Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1962.

Oettinger, Anthony, "Howard Aiken." Communications ACM, 5 (1962), 298-299, 359.

Reich, H. J. "Trigger Circuits." Electronics (August, 1939), pp. 14-17.
























Willers, Friedrich A. 1926. Mathematische Instrumente. Berlin and Leipzig, 1926.

Winterbotham, F. W. The Ultra Secret. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.


unter Beruchtsichtigung des `Plankalktils"'. W. Handler, ed., Tednehmer Rechensysteme (Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1968), pp. 223-230.

. 1970. Der Computer, Mein Lebenswerk. Munich: Verlag Moderne Industrie, 1970, 221pp.

. 1972a. "Der Plankalkiil," Bonn, GMD, Bericht #63, 1972, 285pp.
. 1972b. "Rechender Raum." Nova Acta Leopoldina, 37/1 (1972), 129-137.

. 1973. "Die ersten programmgesteuerten Relais-Rechenmaschine." M. Graef, ed., 350 Jahre Rechenmaschinen (Munich: Hanser, 1973), pp. 51-56.

. 1975a. "Zur Problematik der Rechenautomaten." H. Meschowski, ed., Grundlagen der Modernen Mathematik (Darmstadt, 1975), pp. 253-309.

. 1975b. "Gesichtspunkte zur Beurteilung algorithmischer Sprachen." Bonn, GMD Bericht #105, 1975, 156pp.

. 1976a. "The Plankalkuel" (partial translation of "Der Plankalkiil"). Bonn, GMD Bericht # 106, 1976, 244pp.

. 1976b. "Some Remarks on the History of Computing in Germany." Paper presented at the International Research Conference on the History of Computing, Los Alamos, June 10-15, 1976. Published in N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota, eds., A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century. New York: Academic Press, 1980, pp. 611-627.

. 1977. Beschreibung des Plankalkuls. Munich: Oldenburg, 1977, 165pp.

. 1979. "The Emancipation of Data Processing." Paper presented at the Advanced Course on General Net Theory of Processes and Systems, Hamburg, October 10, 1979.



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