CHM Revolution

Date

1953 ca.

Credit Line

Purchase of the Computer History Museum

Copyright Owner

© Corbis Images

Keywords

hydrogen bomb; Cold War; MANIAC (computer); Los Alamos National Laboratory

Object ID

500004272

The Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator And Computer did the calculations for ”Project Mike,” which produced the first hydrogen bomb. It was similar to the other IAS-inspired machines, though all were different enough that they could not exchange programs.