Oral history interview with Herman Heine Goldstine, 1981 Dec. 2.

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Oral history interview with Herman Heine Goldstine, 1981 Dec. 2.

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Goldstine discusses computer history from its early military applications to its broad range of uses today. He begins with his experiences with the ENIAC electronic calculator at the University of Pennsylvania and the construction of firing tables during World War II. He mentions the EDVAC, the ENIAC's successor, and its innovation of stored programming, for which he credits John von Neumann. He recounts his work with von Neumann on the Institute for Advanced Study computer in the late 1940s and the 1950s, which he credits as the prototype for modern computers. Goldstine outlines the increase of computer applications, citing meteorology as an example.

Transcript : 20 p.Videocassettes : 2 (15 min. each) : U-matic, color.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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