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BERKELEY, EDMUND C., ed. Computing Machinery Field. — Computers and Automation. New York: Edmund C. Berkeley and Associates, January, 1953-December, 1956. Vol 2, no 1 to Vol 5, no 12.
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BERKELEY, EDMUND C., ed.
Computing Machinery Field. — Computers and Automation. New York: Edmund C. Berkeley and Associates, January, 1953-December, 1956. Vol 2, no 1 to Vol 5, no 12.
4 volumes. 4to. Advertisements, illustrations, some wrappers bound in. Library cloth.
Provenance: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Library (inkstamps, spine markings).
"THE FIRST COMPUTER JOURNAL ISSUED BY A COMMERCIAL PUBLISHER" (OOC 469). Volume 1 consisted of three dittoed numbers and is exceedingly rare. Berkeley's periodical published a number of early, important articles, including: HOPPER, "Compiling Routines," (May 1953). OOC 663. * BOOTH, "Mechanical Translation," (May 1953). OOC 492 ("Booth's first paper on mechanical translation"). * ASIMOV, "Robots I Have Known," (October 1954). OOC 437 (discussing Asimov's "invention of the word 'robotics'"). * ASIMOV, "Question," (March 1955). OOC 438 (a short story describing "a giant supercomputer that becomes so complex it finally attains humanlike consciousness"). * GILCHRIST, "Computers and Weather Prediction," (March 1955). OOC 632 (discussing advances at the IAS). Further papers are detailed in OOC.
The publication also published a running update of many reference materials for the new industry, including a "List of Automatic Computers," "Who's Who in the Computer Field," a "Roster of Organizations in the Computer Field," a "Glossary of Computer Terms," reports on new publications, and summaries of industry conferences. Origins of Cyberspace 469 (also without vol 1).
4 volumes. 4to. Advertisements, illustrations, some wrappers bound in. Library cloth.
Provenance: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Library (inkstamps, spine markings).
"THE FIRST COMPUTER JOURNAL ISSUED BY A COMMERCIAL PUBLISHER" (OOC 469). Volume 1 consisted of three dittoed numbers and is exceedingly rare. Berkeley's periodical published a number of early, important articles, including: HOPPER, "Compiling Routines," (May 1953). OOC 663. * BOOTH, "Mechanical Translation," (May 1953). OOC 492 ("Booth's first paper on mechanical translation"). * ASIMOV, "Robots I Have Known," (October 1954). OOC 437 (discussing Asimov's "invention of the word 'robotics'"). * ASIMOV, "Question," (March 1955). OOC 438 (a short story describing "a giant supercomputer that becomes so complex it finally attains humanlike consciousness"). * GILCHRIST, "Computers and Weather Prediction," (March 1955). OOC 632 (discussing advances at the IAS). Further papers are detailed in OOC.
The publication also published a running update of many reference materials for the new industry, including a "List of Automatic Computers," "Who's Who in the Computer Field," a "Roster of Organizations in the Computer Field," a "Glossary of Computer Terms," reports on new publications, and summaries of industry conferences. Origins of Cyberspace 469 (also without vol 1).