Artifact Details

Title

From the Archives: Grace Hopper: Howard Aiken, the Harvard Mark I and the first bug

Catalog Number

102781045

Type

Audio

Description

Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper's career in computer science began in the 1940s. Her work with early computers, including the Harvard Mark I, led to ground-breaking and fundamental advances in computer science. Here, Hopper discusses her work with Howard Aiken and the Mark-I computer in a 1983 lecture at the Boston Computer Museum.

Date

2018-12-04

Participants

Hopper, Grace, Speaker

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Duration

00:19:05

Format

WAV

Category

Podcast

Collection Title

From the Archives Podcast

Credit

Computer History Museum

Lot Number

X8671.2018