We have collected a small selection of pictures illustrating the preceding material. Needless to say that we have omitted a great deal of pictures that we would have liked to include.
Reproduction of the algorithm used by Mary Tsingou to similate the FPUT model (see [Section 2->2-Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-and-Tsingou-The-FPUT-experiments-on-MANIAC.html)
The MANIAC I (Mathematical Analyzer Numerical Integrator and Automatic Com- puter Model I) was an early computer built under the direction of Nicholas Metropo- lis at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. It was based on the von Neumann ar- chitecture of the IAS, developed by John von Neumann. MANIAC I. In 1953, the MANIAC obtained the first equation of state calculated by modified Monte Carlo integration over configuration space. Source : Wikipedia.
The IBM 7030, also known as Stretch, was IBM’s first transistorized supercomputer. It appeared in 1961.
The Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC) was an early British com- puter Inspired by von Neumann’s seminal First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC, the machine was constructed by Maurice Wilkes and his team at the University of Cam- bridge Mathematical Laboratory. It was released in 1949. Source : Wikipedia.
Royal McBee LGP-30 (1956)
Royal McBee LGP-30 (1956)
Mini 6 (Honeywell-Bull, 1978)
Apple II (1977)
Mandelbrot set obtained by Mandelbrot and Moldave in 1 March 1980
HP-65 (released in 1974)
Front panel of an IBM 7040
The IBM 1401 mainframe computer (left) at the Computer History Museum print- ing the Mandelbrot fractal on the 1403 printer (right). Photography taken from K. Shirriff’s blog.