This article is an excerpt from the book Turing's Cathedral, which, coincidentally, I'm currently reading. Sometimes I wish it went into a little more technical detail (and I think it's a little too charitable toward von Nuemann and the IAS) but it's still a worthwhile read and I think covers that era much more completely and with more depth than other works.
Anyway if you like that article, the book is equally fascinating throughout.
I read it and agree that sometimes it goes too fast and other times too slow (do I need to know the geographical history of New Jersey?), but so many good nuggets in this book.
I’ve been trying to read the great books on computing history, if you know of others let me know. I’ve been retelling bits of the story and linking to great books at https://buriedreads.com/engineering-newsletter-issues/
