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Figure 2
The two main pioneers of scientific computation using general-use electronic computers: (a) Leslie John Comrie (1893–1950) (courtesy of The Royal Society and ©The Godfrey Argent Studio); (b) Wallace J. Eckert (courtesy of the Astronomical Applications Department of the United States Naval Observatory); and (c) a photograph containing Wallace J. Eckert (1902–1971) courtesy of Herbert R. J. Grosch: ``It's the dedication of the NORC [IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator] (1954, at 612 W. 115 Street [Columbia University, New York City]). Sent me because I was not able to attend. Characters are [left to right] Eckert, Fackenthal, Oppie [J. Robert Oppenheimer], [IBM's Thomas John] Watson, Pegram (signing guest book). Johnnie von [Neumann], [Isidor Isaac] Rabi. The event is the dedication ceremony on 115th, but the signing is somewhere in the Men's Faculty Club a few blocks away.'' |
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