• DocumentCode
    1106615
  • Title

    As the twig is bent: the early life of John Mauchly

  • Author

    Costello, John

  • Author_Institution
    US Customs Service, Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • Firstpage
    45
  • Lastpage
    50
  • Abstract
    Our life experiences influence the way we think and the types of activities in which we engage. This paper examines the early life of John Mauchly, one of the inventors of the ENIAC, and details those experiences which came to influence his contributions to the creation of the ENIAC and subsequent computers
  • Keywords
    biographies; history; mainframes; ENIAC; John Mauchly; biography; computers; early life; inventor; life experiences; Computer hacking; Earth; Education; Heart; History; Humans; Ink; Military computing; Physics computing; Surgery;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/85.476560
  • Filename
    476560