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APPENDIX IX -- Bibliography

The following sources were used in the preparation of this monograph. The commercial books (open literature) were used mainly for background information and study while the reports, manuals, interviews, and material prepared by BRL personnel were used directly to write the various chapters.

Books

1.   Giant Brains or Machines That Think by Edmund C. Berkely
     John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York - 1949.

2.   Basics of Digital Computers by John S. Murphy
     John F. Rider Publisher, Inc., New York - 1958.

3.   Automatic Digital Computers by M. V. Wilkes
     John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York - 1956.

4.   Digital Calculating Machines and Their Application to Scientific
     and Engineering Work by G. A. Montgomerie D. Van Nostrand Co, Inc.,
     New York - 1956.

5.   Computers - Their Operation and Applications by Edmund C. Berkeley
     and Lawrence Wainwright.
     Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York - 1956.

6.   The Electronic Brain and What It Can Do. by Saul Gorn and Wallace
     Manheimer.  Science Research Associates, Inc., Chicago - 1956.

7.   Mathematics - Its Magic and Mastery by Aaron Bakst D. Van Nostrand
     Co., Inc., New York - 1941.

8.   Electronic Computers - Principles and Applications edited by
     T. E. Evall.  Philosophical Library, New York - 1956.

9.   An Introduction to Automatic Computers by Ned Chapin
     D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., New York - 1955, 1957.

10.  Mathematics and Computers by George R. Stibitz and
     Jules A. Larrivee.  McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York - 1957.

11.  Automatic Digital Calculators by Andrew D. Booth and
     Kathleen H. V. Booth.
     Academic Press Inc., Publishers - New York - 1956.

12.  High-Speed Data processing by C. C. Gotlieb and J. N. P. Hume
     McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York - 1958.

13.  Electronic Computers and Management Control by George Kozmetsky and
     Paul Kircher.
     McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York - 1956.

14.  The New York Times - April 30, 1961, Section II, Advertisement,
     IBM, The Information Explosion.

Reports and Manuals

1.   First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC, by John von Neumann - Moore
     School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania,
     June 30, 1945.     2.   The EDVAC - A Preliminary Report on Logic and Design.  Research
     Division Report 48-2, Moore School of Electrical Engineering,
     University of Pennsylvania - 16 February 1948.

3.   Progress Report on the EDVAC, vol. I and II, Moore School of
     Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania - 30 June 1946.

4.   ORDVAC Manual - 1952 - University of Illinois for Ballistic
     Research Laboratories - 31 October 1951.

5.   BRL Memorandum Report No. 756, A Review of ORDVAC Operating
     Experience, by C. R. Williams - January 1954.

6.   A Functional Description of the EDVAC, vol. I and II, Moore School
     of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania - 1 November
     1949.

7.   BRL Report No. 1115, March 1961, A Third Survey of Domestic
     Electronic Digital Computing Systems, by Martin H. Weik.

8.   BRL Report No. 1010, June 1957, A Second Survey of Domestic
     Electronic Digital Computing Systems, by Martin H. Weik.

9.   BRL Report No. 971, December 1955, A survey of Domestic Electronic
     Digital Computing Systems, by Martin H. Weik.

Data Submitted by BRL Personnel (Computing Laboratory)

1.   File of general data concerning computers - Mr. Martin H. Weik.

2.   Story of BRLESC - prepared by Mr. R. J. Bianco.

3.   Story of BRLESC - prepared by Mr. Martin H. Weik.

4.   The ENIAC Story, by H. H. Goldstine, P. N. Gillon, and M. H. Weik.

5.   The Computer Tree - prepared by Martin H. Weik.

6.   Data on EDVAC - prepared by Mr. Chester Wallin.

Interviews With BRL Personnel (Computing Laboratory)

1.   Interview with Mr. Melvin Wrublewski, Electronics Engineer, for
     data regarding problems with ENIAC.

2.   Interview with Mr. Harold L. Sprinkle, Electronics Engineer, for
     data regarding problems with ENIAC.

3.   Interview with Mr. William H. Swann, Electronics Repairman,
     regarding the Bell Relay Computer.

4.   Interview with Mr. Chester Wallin, regarding EDVAC.

5.   Interview with Mr. James Hallman, regarding ORDVAC.

6.   Interview with Mr. Martin H. Weik, Technical Staff Assisting
     regarding:

     a.  Computing Systems in general.

     b.  ENIAC

     c.  EDVAC

     d.  ORDVAC

     e.  BRLESC

     f.  Other computing systems in use by the Ordnance Corps, Science,
         and Industry.

     g.  Suggestions during preparation of monograph.

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