| Title: |
Herman Heine Goldstine
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| Local code: |
OH 18
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
Goldstine, associate director of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) computer project from 1945 to 1956, discusses his role in the project. He describes the acquisition of funding from the Office of Naval Research, the hiring of staff, and his relationship with John von Neumann. Goldstine explains that von Neumann was responsible for convincing the Institute to sponsor the computer project. Goldstine praises von Neumann's contributions, among which he counts the first logical design of a computer and the concept of stored programming.
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| Extent: |
61 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=129
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1980 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Goldstine, Herman Heine, 1913-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1913
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| Speaker occupation: |
Electrical engineer
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| Age at speaking: |
67
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| Document location: |
Princeton, NJ
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| Document date: |
11-Aug-1980
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| Interviewer: |
Stern, Nancy
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023957-25500
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