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The Contribution of M. H. A. Newman and His Mathematicians to the Creation of the Manchester “Baby” (2009)

Anderson, David (Author)

British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin
Volume: 24
Pages: 27--39

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Computer science Mathematics Computers and computing 20th century, late Manchester (England) Newman, Maxwell Herman Alexander

In this article I offer a challenge to the usual account of the development of the Manchester Baby. In doing so, I focus on the contribution made to the project by the topologist Max Newman and other members of the Manchester Department of Mathematics. Based on a re-examination of the primary source material, I suggest that a much more significant role was played by mathematicians than is allowed for in the dominant discourse. I argue that there was a single computer-building project at Manchester in the years immediately following World War II which was conceived, led, funded, supplied and staffed by Newman supported by his long-time friend Patrick Blackett.

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