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Herman Goldstine

American mathematician

1913 – 2004aged 90

A mathematician who helped develop ENIAC, the first modern electronic digital computer, working alongside John von Neumann on its logical design during and after World War II. He later directed the IAS machine at the Institute for Advanced Study before spending decades at IBM as one of the company's most senior technical Fellows, bridging the era of wartime computing and its commercialization.

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