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Pioneers - The People and Ideas that Made a Difference

  • The People
    - John Vincent Atanasoff (1905 - 1995)
    - Augusta Ada Byron (1815 - 1852), Countess of Lovelace
    - Charles Babbage (1792 - 1871)
    - George Boole (1815 - 1864)
    - Vannevar Bush (1890 - 1974)
    - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 - 1716)
    - Claude Shannon (1916 - 2001)
    - George Stibitz (1904 - 1995)
    - Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943)
    - Konrad Zuse (1910 - 1995)
  • The Ideas
    - Binary - So Simple a Computer Can Do It
    - What's So Logical About Boolean Algebra?
    - ASCII and HTML - How They Work Together
    - ASCII and HTML Character Representations
    - ASCII Control Characters
    - ASCII Alphabet Characters
    - ASCII Punctuation and Number Characters
    - ASCII Extended Characters
    - HTML Control Characters
    - HTML Alphabet Characters
    - HTML Punctuation and Number Characters
    - HTML Extended Characters
  • Picture Gallery
    - John Vincent Atanasoff
    - Young Vincent Atanasoff. 150 x 199 (7Kb)
    - Young Clifford Berry. 270 x 394 (15Kb)
    - Atanasoff in 1983. 302 x 400 (23Kb)
    - Atanasoff with components of the ABC. 303 x 232 (20Kb)
    - Atanasoff-Berry Computer. 502 x 397 (48Kb)
    - Diagram of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer. 729 x 464 (28Kb)
    - Clifford Berry with the Atanasoff-Berry Computer. 528 x 402 (28Kb)
    - Reconstructed Atanasoff-Berry Computer. 669 x 452 (71Kb)
    - Findings of Fact, Conclusion of Law and Order for Judgement.
      Honeywell Inc. vs Sperry Rand Corporation and Illinois Scientific
      Developments, Inc.
    - Cover page. 602 x 446 (29Kb)
    - Sections 3.1 - 3.1.7. 602 x 990 (80Kb)
    - Sections 3.1.8 - 3.1.16. 602 x 990 (80Kb)
    - Sections 3.1.17 - 3.1.19. 602 x 990 (44Kb)
    - Augusta Ada Byron
    - Ada Byron as a child. 277 x 279 (12Kb)
    - Young Ada Byron. 202 x 291 (11Kb)
    - Augusta Ada Byron. 278 x 425 (24Kb)
    - Augusta Ada Byron. 349 x 402 (21Kb)
    - Augusta Ada Byron, colour drawing. 335 x 476 (23Kb)
    - Augusta Ada Byron, B/W drawing. 350 x 452 (24Kb)
    - Older Ada Byron. 289 x 328 (15Kb)
    - Charles Babbage
    - Young Charles Babbage. 270 x 328 (11Kb)
    - Middle-aged Charles Babbage. 285 x 351 (34Kb)
    - Studio portrait of Charles Babbage. 347 x 428 (26Kb)
    - Portrait drawing of Charles Babbage. 380 x 423 (29Kb)
    - Babbage's Difference Engine. 350 x 432 (35Kb)
    - Babbage's Analytical Engine. 452 x 423 (51Kb)
    - Portion of a reconstructed Difference Engine. 452 x 357 (30Kb)
    - Scheutz Difference Engine. 611 x 205 (34Kb)
    - Difference Engine No. 2 (Reconstruction). 800 x 600 (86Kb)
    - George Boole
    - George Boole. 359 x 352 (38Kb)
    - George Boole (drawing). 282 x 342 (21Kb)
    - Vannevar Bush
    - Young Vannevar Bush. 173 x 215 (8Kb)
    - Vannevar Bush. 218 x 322 (14Kb)
    - Vannevar Bush. 302 x 402 (14Kb)
    - Bush at NACA Langley Lab, 1938. 477 x 333 (42Kb)
    - Bush's Differential Analyser. 328 x 220 (23Kb)
    - Bush's Differential Analyser, close-up. 338 x 249 (24Kb)
    - Bush's Differential Analyser, close-up. 372 x 241 (27Kb)
    - Drawing of Bush's theoretical Memex machine. 501 x 316 (35Kb)
    - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
    - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. 361 x 466 (23Kb)
    - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. 288 x 462 (28Kb)
    - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. 191 x 266 (14Kb)
    - Leibniz' Stepped Reckoner. 619 x 213 (43Kb)
    - Leibniz' Stepped Reckoner, in case. 451 x 322 (40Kb)
    - Diagram of Leibniz' Stepped Reckoner. 422 x 463 (47Kb)
    - Working diagram of Leibniz' Stepped Reckoner. 421 x 293 (41Kb)
    - German commemorative stamp, 1996. 588 x 351 (51Kb)
    - Claude Shannon
    - Young Claude Shannon. 230 x 309 (12Kb)
    - Claude Shannon, 1955. 245 x 190 (12Kb)
    - Claude Shannon at the blackboard. 162 x 203 (8Kb)
    - Claude Shannon. 302 x 416 (33Kb)
    - Claude Shannon with electromech. mouse. 302 x 274 (16Kb)
    - George Stibitz
    - George Stibitz, working. 259 x 385 (19Kb)
    - George Stibitz, working. 433 x 317 (23Kb)
    - Portrait shot of George Stibitz. 316 x 452 (18Kb)
    - George Stibitz with his Model K. 422 x 291 (21Kb)
    - George Stibitz' Model K. 413 x 368 (31Kb)
    - Nikola Tesla
    - Young Nikola Tesla. 333 x 452 (20Kb)
    - Young Nikola Tesla. 252 x 375 (21Kb)
    - Nikola Tesla. 277 x 365 (16Kb)
    - Nikola Tesla. 322 x 452 (29Kb)
    - Nikola Tesla. 491 x 482 (68Kb)
    - Older Nikola Tesla. 302 x 418 (21Kb)
    - AC generators at Chicago Exposition, 1893. 484 x 361 (50Kb)
    - Tesla Exhibit at Chicago Exposition, 1893. 642 x 482 (87Kb)
    - AC generators used at Niagara Falls. 369 x 263 (22Kb)
    - Tesla's lab in Colorado Springs. 270 x 339 (13Kb)
    - Man-made lightning (double exposure). 399 x 288 (40Kb)
    - Man-made lightning in Tesla's lab. 448 x 324 (36Kb)
    - Tesla using his body to conduct electricity. 322 x 452 (19Kb)
    - Wardenclyffe Tower. 395 x 275 (17Kb)
    - Close-up of Wardenclyffe Tower. 298 x 410 (27Kb)
    - Tesla's remote-controlled boat. 302 x 231 (15Kb)
    - Konrad Zuse
    - Young Konrad Zuse. 234 x 286 (13Kb)
    - Young Konrad Zuse, working. 302 x 302 (13Kb)
    - Konrad Zuse in 1982. 245 x 274 (13Kb)
    - Older Konrad Zuse. 235 x 288 (13Kb)
    - Konrad Zuse's Z1. 430 x 278 (28Kb)
    - Konrad Zuse with Z3. 395 x 304 (31Kb)
    - Reconstructed Z3. 424 x 321 (28Kb)
    - Diagram of Z3 architecture. 482 x 626 (66Kb)
    - Photo of Z4. 339 x 233 (18Kb)
    - Photo of Z23. 622 x 335 (49Kb)
    - Zuse KG, 1964. 602 x 305 (28Kb)
    - Zuse KG logo. 142 x 142 (4Kb)
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