Howard H. Aiken

Physicist, Academic

1900 – 1973

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Who was Howard H. Aiken?

Howard Hathaway Aiken was a pioneer in computing, being the original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer.

Famous Quotes:

  • If it should turn out that the basic logics of a machine designed for the numerical solution of differential equations coincide with the logics of a machine intended to make bills for a department store, I would regard this as the most amazing coincidence I have ever encountered.
  • Don't worry about people stealing your ideas...

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Born
Mar 8, 1900
Hoboken
Also known as
  • Эйкен, Говард
  • 霍華德·艾肯
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Harvard University
Employment
  • IBM
Lived in
  • United States of America
Died
Mar 14, 1973
St. Louis

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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