@article{1482467,
      recid = {1482467},
      author = {Rojas, Raúl,},
      title = {Konrad Zuse's early computers : the quest for the computer  in Germany /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xx, 229 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book describes the historical development of the  architectures of the first computers built by the German  inventor Konrad Zuse in Berlin between 1936 and 1945.  Zuse's machines are historically important because they  anticipated many features of modern computers.  Specifically, these include the separation of processor and  memory, the ability to compute with floating-point numbers,  a hardware architecture based on microprogramming of the  instruction set, and a layered design with a high-level  programming language on top. In fact, Zuse's early  computers are closer to modern computers than the Harvard  Mark I or ENIAC, two other contenders for the title of  "world's first computer." The theoretical program first  conceived by Zuse in 1936/37 was fulfilled with a series of  machines built before and during World War II: the Z1, Z2,  Z3, and Z4. Separate chapters deal with the architecture of  each computer, culminating in the description of  Plankalkül, the first proposal for a high-level programming  language. Students of the sciences and practitioners of  computer science should have no trouble following the  material. The concise introductory summary sets the reader  on the historical path to retrace this remarkable  intellectual adventure.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1482467},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39876-6},
}