Burks, Alice Rowe, 1920-2017.

Who invented the computer? : the legal battle that changed computing history / Alice Rowe Burks ; foreword by Douglas Hofstadter. - Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2003. - 463 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-447) and index.

A: Nothing but the truth -- B: The court of public opinion -- C: Closing argument.

1591020344 (alk. paper)

2002036720


Computers--History.--United States
Computers--United States--Patents.
Patent suits--United States.

QA76.17 / .B87 2003