On the evening of September 9, 1947, a strange silence fell over the Harvard Computation Laboratory. The Mark II electromechanical computerâ a colossal machine of whirring motors, clacking relays, and ...
The New York Times article, “Hegseth Says Defense Department Will Cut Ties With Harvard,” spurred me to write this article. It has taken me over 50 years to figure out that I’m in the business of ...