
ENIAC
The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
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Narrated by:
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Adams Morgan
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By:
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Scott McCartney
Based on original interviews with surviving participants and the first study of Mauchly and Eckert's personal papers, ENIAC is a dramatic human story and a vital contribution to the history of technology, and it restores to the two inventors the legacy they deserve.
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Enthralling
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For the non-technical historian
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fascinating ways the times, circumstamce, and the peope involved in this veritable arithmetic monster. i still can hardly believe they eventually accomplished what they did. but not only that, successor computers populated academia, govenment and business for many decades to come. it also tells a little bit about the patent law suit with a rival company and related intellectual property issues whihc is a timely topic.
it's a fascinating, interesting, deep book that every computer lover should read.
computing history is made here!
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What did you love best about ENIAC?
Getting a better understanding of Prosper and EckertWhat other book might you compare ENIAC to and why?
Turing's Cathedral is also a history of the early days of digital computing, from a different perspective. Also very interesting.Insights on the development of the digital compute
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minutes to try and make out what he said. For instance “Philadelphia” becomes “Philadel..(whisper whisper)”. Very annoying.
Poor Narration
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
The chapters on the actual conception of, and building of Eniac, were excellent, and well worth the time reading.The long sections on the legal fights, and especially the arguments about who gets credit for inventing computers, was much less worthwhile.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The most interesting part of this book was the history of the creation of Eniac, and the associated early history of computing.The least interesting part, especially true in the 2nd half of the book, was all the personal drama of the legal battles, and battles over who should be credited as the inventor of computers.
Rather than the later I would have preferred much more information about Univac, and more of the early history of mainframe computers.
Focuses too much on the drama
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Informativ, could be read better
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ENIAC Review
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What made the experience of listening to ENIAC the most enjoyable?
Facts of historyWere the concepts of this book easy to follow, or were they too technical?
Yes simple for technical people and well explained analogies for most laymenHow did the narrator detract from the book?
The narrator voice sounded very similar to the voice of the car KITT in Knight Rider TV show by actor William Daniels. However, Adam Morgan is NOT good choice for narrating.First, this an American author, writing a story about American history but they use a British? voice. His accent botches simple words and names. Example Albert sounds like 'ollburt'. It's quite annoying, and second pronouncing words (sometime several in a single sentence), he trails off and you can't understand what they hell he is supposed to be saying. Example the word 'endeavor' sounds like 'ENdev...'. He starts out normal and then the volume of his voice drops to near zero within a single word. How can anyone understand this ?
How did this get past the recording stage.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No, these historical books are good for listening while driving.Any additional comments?
Definitely will check for this narrator before buying new books.Story Good - Narration and recording horrible, "F"
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