How the Modern Computer Was Invented...By Accident

A chance meeting between John von Neumann and Herman Goldstine led to the modern computer. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription

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ENIAC on display at the University of Pennsylvania: Copyright 2005 Paul W Shaffer, University of Pennsylvania
ENIAC on display at Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, US y Judson McCranie, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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