Artifact Details

Title

Von Neumann: The interaction of mathematics and computing

Catalog Number

102695513

Type

Audio

Description

Ulam speaks about disussions he and Norbert Wiener had with von Neumann about the interaction of mathematics (or "mathematical physics") and computing, an interaction he calls the "music of the future."

Reel covers 10:37 to 11:30 AM.

Roughly corresponds to "Von Neumann: The Interaction of Mathematics and Computing" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.

Date

1976-06-10

Credits

Ulam, Stanislaw M.

Place of Publication

Los Alamos, NM, US

Identifying Numbers

Other number #3 Original tape numbering system

Duration

00:53:00

Format

Compact audio cassette

Category

Lecture

Series Title

International Research Conference on the History of Computing

Credit

Gift of George Michael

Lot Number

X3863.2007