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Alice R. Burks, Who Invented the Computer? The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History (2003), meticulously narrates the patent trial and favours John V. Atanasoff’s claim over that of John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. On the other hand, Scott McCartney, ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World’s First Computer (1999), gives credit to Mauchly and Eckert for designing and building the first fully electronic digital computer in the United States during the war.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Jan 04, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 26, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Invalidated site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of John William Mauchly. | Apr 06, 2021 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Oct 23, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Inventors Hall of Fame - John Mauchly. | Apr 05, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: IEEE Computer Society - Biography of John William Mauchly. | Feb 16, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Engineering and Technology History Wiki - Biography of John W. Mauchly. | Feb 16, 2017 | ||
| Changed article title from John W. Mauchly to John Mauchly. | Sep 30, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - Biography of John Mauchly. | May 24, 2013 | ||
| Bibliography added. | Apr 07, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph. | Jun 10, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of John William Mauchly. | Apr 09, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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