Science Vol. 104, No. 2712 Friday, 20 December 1946 (pp. 581-608): NRC National Research Council News (p. 595) Division of Physical Sciences announces formation of new Committee on High-Speed Calculating Machines. Chairman: John von Neumann, Members: Howard H. Aiken, Walter Bartky, Samuel H. Caldwell, George R. Stibitz, Warren Weaver, to study principles and possibilities of machines to find ways of increasing speed of computation to distribute information to interested parties.
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Hopper, Grace Murray, 1906-1992
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- Grace Murray Hopper Collection
- Grace Murray Hopper Collection / Series 4: Reports and Articles
- Container
- Box 3, Folder 10
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Grace Murray Hopper Collection, 1944-1965, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562729477047-1562729477099-1
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- CC0