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计算机究竟是谁发明的?这个问题并不容易回答。但是,约翰V.阿塔纳索夫(John V.Atanasoff)则认为“数字计算机的发明人”这项桂冠非他莫属,而且获得了法律的承认。阿塔纳索夫原是一名物理学家。早在30年代,当时他在衣阿华州立学院(Iowa State College)从事物理教学和研究,就已形成了数字计算机的构想。令人不解的是,他在欧洲的知名度超过了在美国的知名度。70年代,经过旷日持久的法律诉讼,阿塔纳索夫终于打赢了这场官司,其发明权受到法律的支持和保护。他本人坚信他无愧于这一光荣称号。他说,“巴贝奇之后,是我将计算机引导到现在的轨道。”而败诉的一方是在计算机界声名显赫、ENIAC机的发明者J.莫克利(John Mauchly)和J.P.埃克脱(J.Presper Eckert)。他们对判决不服,一再声称法庭作了错判,他们二人才是数字计算机的真正
Who invented the computer? This question is not easy to answer. However, John V. Atanasoff believes that the title of “inventor of digital computers” is non-exclusive and has been recognized by law. Atanasoff was originally a physicist. As early as the 1930s, when he was teaching physics and teaching at Iowa State College, he had formed the idea of a digital computer. What is puzzling is that his popularity in Europe outweighs his popularity in the United States. 70 years, after protracted legal proceedings, Atanasoff finally won the lawsuit, the invention of the right to be lawfully supported and protected. He himself firmly believes that he is worthy of this glorious title. He said, “After Babbage, I led the computer to the right track.” The one who lost the lawsuit was renowned in the computing world, John Mauchly, inventor of the ENIAC machine, and JP Ecker .Presper Eckert). They refuse to accept the verdict, repeatedly claiming that the court made a wrong judgment, and that the two of them are genuinely digital computers