2007/07/01 by David P. Anderson · 1 citation
Computer Science · Engineering · #Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms #History of Computing Technologies #Cellular Automata and Applications #Staffing #History of computing #Biography #Management #Art history #Engineering #History #Library science #Operations research #Computer science #Economics
paper · doi:10.1109/mahc.2007.4338448
openalex publication_date 2007/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
The dominant discourse in the history of computing holds that the world's first stored-program digital electronic computer--the Manchester "Baby"--was developed under the sole leadership and direction of the Department of Electro-Technics. This biography, which arises out of a detailed re-examination of the historical evidence, suggests that the physicist P.M.S. Blackett was much more influential in the genesis, enabling, staffing, and funding of the project than has previously been recognized.