"The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer" by Jane Smiley; Doubleday (256 pages, $25.95) Neither Steve Jobs nor Bill Gates invented the computer, despite the ...

John Atanasoff July 29, 1924 – February 19, 2021 Lemon Grove John Atanasoff, 96, was born in Campbell, OH. He married Frances on August 25, 1945. He served in the US Army during World War II. John and ...

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If you've got an iPhone or a laptop or a high-powered desktop -- any computer, really -- you can thank bourbon for all of them. Bourbon and soda, in fact, because that's what Iowa State College ...

In 1941, physicist John Mauchly visited his colleague John Atanasoff at Iowa State University for a few days, during which they discussed the computer Atanasoff was working on, later called the ...