Title
MANIAC. Lecture by N. Metropolis at the Los Alamos History of Computing ConferenceCatalog Number
102695433Type
Moving imageDescription
Metropolis discusses events leading to the need for a computer research and utilization program at Los Alamos and the subsequent development of the MANIAC computer there. He provides a history of the MANIAC including problems devised by Fermi, Ulam, von Neumann, Teller, and others to test it.Roughly corresponds to "The MANIAC" in _A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century_, ed. N. Metropolis, J. Howlett, and Gian-Carlo Rota.
Date
1976-06-10Credits
Metropolis, N.Place of Publication
Los Alamos, NM, USFormat
1" IVC magnetic tapeCategory
LectureSeries Title
International Research Conference on the History of ComputingLot Number
X5953.2011Related Records
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