A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: Chapter 3
Lost Women of Science
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The Computer by Johnny Von Norran
It took 28 vacuum tubes to communicate just one decimal digit. The eniac team themselves appreciated that this was a inefficient way of setting up a computer. After johnny visited the enniac in august of 19 forty four, all of this began to change. Johnny had a vision for a machine that could go far beyond balistic trajectories and calculate anything.
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