The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself.
Howard AikenAbout author
- Author's profession: Scientist
- Nationality: american
- Born: March 9, 1900
- Died: March 14, 1973
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