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LSBU/6/9/86
Titre
Chronology of Computing
Date(s)
- 19 June 1996 (Création/Production)
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Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
1 report
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Nom du producteur
(1939-)
Notice biographique
David Breyer Singmaster (b.1939) was a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at London South Bank University. A self-described metagrobologist, Singmaster became famous for his solution to the Rubik's cube, known as the "Singmaster notation" and his large personal collection of mechanical puzzles and books of brainteasers.
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A technical report attempting to document a chronology of computing from 50,000BC to 1996.
Written by David Singmaster whilst working in the School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics at South Bank University.
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- anglais
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Further records concerning David Singmaster can be found in the David Singmaster Archive (Catalogue reference DS)