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The origins of digital computing in Europe

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Retracing the paths of influential, but often isolated, computer pioneers.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 46, Issue 9
        Why CS students need math
        September 2003
        244 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/903893
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