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... Harvard put Aiken in touch with Watson , and Aiken outlined his idea for a controlled calculator сара- ble of performing complex mathematical operations . Wat- son agreed to sponsor the venture . In 1939 a team that included Aiken and ...
... Harvard put Aiken in touch with Watson , and Aiken outlined his idea for a controlled calculator сара- ble of performing complex mathematical operations . Wat- son agreed to sponsor the venture . In 1939 a team that included Aiken and ...
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... Harvard scientist put it , appeared " to operate the thing while at attention . " The Moore School's machine was an army operation , prompted by the need to calculate gunnery tables for the artillery . Accurate artillery shelling ...
... Harvard scientist put it , appeared " to operate the thing while at attention . " The Moore School's machine was an army operation , prompted by the need to calculate gunnery tables for the artillery . Accurate artillery shelling ...
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... Harvard Business School before joining the navy in World War II . Once out , he went to work for the Hinckley- Tandy Leather Co. , a modest Fort Worth enterprise of which his father was half owner . Hinckley - Tandy sold leather soles ...
... Harvard Business School before joining the navy in World War II . Once out , he went to work for the Hinckley- Tandy Leather Co. , a modest Fort Worth enterprise of which his father was half owner . Hinckley - Tandy sold leather soles ...
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