Higinbotham, William A.
Variant namesPhysicist.
From the description of Reminiscences of William A. Higinbotham : oral history, 1980-1983. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269253065
Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
From the description of Computer memoranda and correspondence, 1948-1955 (bulk: 1948-1949). (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62404203
Physicist. Affiliated with: Radiation Laboratory, MIT, 1941-1943; Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, 1943-1945; Federation of American Scientists, 1946-1968; Senior Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, from 1968.
From the description of Impact of World War II on nuclear instrumentation, 1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305375
William A. Higinbotham, of Brookhaven National Laboratory, prepared a memorandum for the United States Atomic Energy Commission on the status of the EDVAC project in late 1948. He also investigated the possibility of Brookhaven constructing an ILLIAC-type machine in 1955.
From the guide to the William A. Higinbotham papers, 1948-1955, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi])
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