John Mauchly
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John William Mauchly (August 30, 1907 – January 8, 1980) was an American physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, designed ENIAC, the first general purpose electronic digital computer, as well as EDVAC, BINAC and UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer made in the United States.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mauchly
– ENIAC was v. big & fast
– funded for helping to calibrate artillery traj. in MD proving ground – played the scientist to Eckert, the engineer, & Goldstine, the funder
[tag innovators,innovators0mg,turing0mg]