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The binary system was created long before Leibniz
(2017)Communications of the ACMIn numerous, and even more recent, writings, the universal scholar Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is once again referred to as the discoverer or inventor of the binary system. During his lifetime there was no use for such a system, but since the 1940s it has been an important basis for electronic digi-tal computers. Based on the work of Shirley and Ineichen, the European origin of the positional number system is being touched. There are reports ...Other Publication -
International Conference „Les machines à calculer et la pensée hu-maine“ in Paris in 1951: Birthplace of Artificial Intelligence?
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The world’s smallest mechanical parallel calculator. Discovery of a 12-fold Curta made in Britain
(2017)Communications of the ACMOther Publication