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I. Bernard Cohen, Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer (1999), is a life story of the Harvard mathematician who worked with IBM engineers to produce the Harvard Mark I, an early electromechanical computer. I. Bernard Cohen and Gregory W. Welch, Makin’ Numbers: Howard Aiken and the Computer (1999), collects reminiscences of Aiken by his colleagues.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Mar 10, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 05, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 09, 2024 | ||
| Invalidated site: History of Computers - Biography of Howard Aiken. | Oct 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: History of Computers - Biography of Howard Aiken. | Feb 01, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Centre for Computing History - Biography of Howard Aiken. | Feb 01, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: IEEE Computer Society - Biography of Howard H. Aiken. | Feb 01, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Engineering and Technology History Wiki - Biography of Howard Aiken. | Feb 01, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum - Biography of Howard H. Aiken. | Feb 01, 2017 | ||
| Changed article title from Howard Hathaway Aiken to Howard Aiken. | Sep 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lemelson-MIT - Biography of Howard Aiken. | Jun 18, 2014 | ||
| Added image of Harvard Mark 1 crew including Grace Murray Hopper and Howard Aiken. | Jan 31, 2012 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Apr 07, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Howard Hathaway Aiken. | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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