The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But the ...
A woman standing next to a calculator taller than herself. Though we may not think about it, math and calculations permeate our everyday lives. We calculate tips at restaurants, determine how much ...
The Science Museum in London, the CNAM in Paris, the Deutches Museum in Munich, and the Arithmeum in Bonn have extensive collections of calculating machines. Further collections are at the Heinz ...
On a recent trip to Munich I got to visit the geek paradise that is the Deutsches Museum, the largest science, technology and engineering museum in the world. Its enormous collections were almost ...