Atanasoff: The Father of the Computer

Atanasoff: The Father of the Computer (2012)

January 1st, 20120h 47min

Documentary
0%

Overview

The story of the lone inventor who fought all his life to be recognized as the originator of one of mankind’s most significant inventions. John Atanasoff, a physics professor at Iowa State College, needed a better calculator that could quickly solve advanced equations and when he tried to find such a machine, realized none existed. So Atanasoff decided he must build his own calculator. Through archive material, reenactments, interviews with experts and first hand witnesses this documentary shines a light to controversy over who was the actual inventor of the computer and an unknown part of our history.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Magic Money: The Bitcoin Revolution

Magic Money: The Bitcoin Revolution


Released on: 2017-01-25
Documentary

What is Bitcoin? With the advent of Bitcoin, the world's first digital currency, for the first time ...

Macheads

Macheads


Released on: 2009-01-26
Documentary

A exploration of the fanaticism that surrounds the Apple brand, featuring interviews with Mac evange...

In the Realm of the Hackers

In the Realm of the Hackers


Released on: 2003-05-29
Documentary

In The Realm of the Hackers is a documentary about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbo...

The Chiptune Story

The Chiptune Story


Released on: 2018-02-23
Documentary, Music

The ChipTune Story focuses on 8-bit music and the C64 SID chip. Featuring interviews with games 8-bi...

Hackers Wanted

Hackers Wanted


Released on: 2009-01-01
Action, Thriller, Documentary

Hackers Wanted explores the origins and nature of hackers and hacking by following the adventures of...

Guardians of the New World

Guardians of the New World


Released on: 2017-12-31
Documentary, Thriller

Guardians of the New World introduces us to the world of hacker culture. Emerging from the 70’s coun...

The Kids' Guide to the Internet

The Kids' Guide to the Internet


Released on: 1997-01-01
Documentary

The classic kids' guide to the internet features an excellent review of the internet. Tells you what...

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine


Released on: 2015-08-07
Documentary

When Steve Jobs died the world wept. But what accounted for the grief of millions of people who didn...

Programma 101: The Machine That Changed the World

Programma 101: The Machine That Changed the World


Released on: 2011-01-01
Documentary

In the early 1960s, computers were still science-fiction to most people; those who did grasp compute...

Ancient Computer

Ancient Computer


Released on: 2013-04-03
Documentary

In 1900, a storm blew a boatload of sponge divers off course and forced them to take shelter by the ...

Data for Decision

Data for Decision


Released on: 1968-01-01
Documentary

Portrait of the early era of computing which examines the workings of a new and mysterious machine: ...

Terra Blight

Terra Blight


Released on: 2012-01-24
Documentary

Exploring America’s consumption of computers and the hazardous waste we create in pursuit of the lat...

The 414s

The 414s


Released on: 2015-03-11
Documentary

THE 414s tells the story of the first widely recognized computer hackers, a group of Milwaukee teena...

Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide

Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide


Released on: 1995-08-08
Documentary, Comedy

The World's first cyber-sitcom. Whether you are a PC rookie or an experienced user looking to upgrad...

Airless

Airless


Released on: 2018-07-29
Drama, Documentary

I recorded four years of the life of a great friend of mine in the attempt to catch some sort of cat...

The Singularity Is Near

The Singularity Is Near


Released on: 2010-08-26
Documentary

The onset of the 21st Century will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human w...

The Computers

The Computers


Released on: 2014-05-24
Documentary

Six young women programmed the world's first all-electronic programmable computer, ENIAC, as part of...

WDR Computernacht

WDR Computernacht


Released on: 2013-04-06
Documentary

The WDR Computer-Night tells the Story from the first Computer and PCs the Start of the WWW, Searche...

The Augmentation of Douglas Engelbart

The Augmentation of Douglas Engelbart


Released on: 2019-04-26
Documentary

A film on Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse whose vision was to augment the collecti...

The IT Crowd Manual

The IT Crowd Manual


Released on: 2014-01-04
Comedy, Documentary

This behind-the-scenes documentary features interviews with the creators and cast of the cult comedy...