Word: aikens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Henry D. Aiken, professor of Philosophy and a sponsor of the meeting, said yesterday that the aim of the meeting was not a "narrow partisan...
...suggestion of Henry D. Aiken, professor of Philosophy, the members decided to continue as an informal Faculty discussion group modeled after another several Faculty group that was organized before the Second World...
...calculation." In 1834 an eccentric Englishman named Charles Babbage conceived the idea of a steam-driven "Analytical Engine" that in many details anticipated the basic principles of modern computers. But not until 1944 did man invent the first true computer: the Mark I, developed by Harvard Professor Howard Aiken and used to compute weapon trajectories for the U.S. Navy...
...Brandeis, Aiken expects to continue teaching courses on ethics, the philosophy of art, and the history of philosophy during the 18th, 19th, and 30th Centuries. His courses, both graduate and undergraduate, will continue to emphasize the conflict of ideas in Western civilization, his greatest interest...
...Aiken first came to Harvard as an instructor in 1943. He spent the following year at Columbia University and returned to Harvard in 1946 when he was offered tenure...