Jon Elson elson at pico-systems.com
Mon Sep 26 10:58:37 CDT 2016


On 09/26/2016 08:34 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> "Fan belts only exist, briefly, in the intervals between stars
>
> Reviewing the informative Turing’s Cathedral
>
> Programming the ENIAC, the world's first digital computer (US Army photo)
>
> Book review
>
> It's a full four years since it was published, but Reg contributor
> Geoffrey G Rochat has finally gotten around to reading George Dyson's
> worthy tome Turing’s Cathedral. He finds it's not just a Best Book
> list lurker, but something actually worth reading."
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/10/turing_cathedral_fan_belts_exist_briefly_in_the_intervals_between_stars/?page=1
The second picture in the Register blurb shows John von 
Neuman and others standing in front of the IAS computer.

Jon


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