Historical Room open to patrons

1:00pm–2:45pm
Adult
Downtown Library
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Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Historical Room
Age Group: Adult
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The Downtown Library's Historical Room will be open for those who wish to use its materials.

Birth of the Computer: The John Atanasoff Story

6:00pm–8:00pm
Adult
Offsite
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Presentation, Discussion
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In the winter months of 1937, John Atanasoff, an assistant professor in mathematics and physics at the then Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa, traveled to Rock Island, Illinois where he conceptualized the first digital computer.