WHO INVENTED THE COMPUTER?; The Legal Battle that Changed Computing History.
Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2003. 8vo. 463pp., notes, biblio, index. Introduction by Douglas Hofstadter. In 1973, Federal District Judge Earl R. Larson issued a ruling in a patent case that was to have profound and long-lasting implications for the dawning computer revolution. Against all expectations, the judge ruled against Sperry..... More