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| Title in English | Have the computers been with us since four centuries ago? |
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | DVT, Dějiny věd a techniky |
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| Keywords | computer science; mathematics; history of computing; Wilhelm Schickard |
| Description | Which computer was the first one? In this contribution, we commemorate the invention by Wilhelm Schickard, described in his letter to Johannes Kepler, written in 1623, and discuss why it is usually Blaise Pascal's slightly later invention which is usually mentioned as the first computer. |