The first modern electronic digital computer was called the Atanasoff–Berry computer, or ABC. It was built by physics Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, in 1942 ...

"The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer" by Jane Smiley, Doubleday, 204 pages, $25.95 What did you do on your computer today? Maybe you answered some ...

In 1941, physicist John Mauchly visited his colleague John Atanasoff at Iowa State University for a few days, during which they discussed the computer Atanasoff was working on, later called the ...

Computer pioneer John V. Atanasoff, who waited for more than 30 years to receive credit for developing the first electronic computer, has died at the age of 91 of a stroke. Atanasoff conceived of the ...

AMES, Iowa (AP) -- On a cold winter night, John Vincent Atanasoff was so frustrated by his inability to concentrate that he got in his car in Ames and drove east. By the time the Iowa State University ...