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and nuclear weapons
302
,
312
,
363
n,
519
;
and brain
343
,
388
,
403
;
and origin of computer
299

300
,
302–5
,
321
,
324
,
326
,
328
,
408
;
and development of computer
341–3
,
353—6
,
390
n,
413
;
see also
EDVAC; IAS;
and game theory
212–3
;
and group theory
94–5
,
129–30
;
and logic
85
,
413
;
and numerical analysis
355
;
and quantum mechanics
67
,
79

80
,
107–8
,
495–6
;
death
519
n
Waddington, C. H.
430
,
477
Waismann, F.
150
Wald, A.
344
Wales
17
,
26
,
193
,
216
,
387
n,
388–9
Walsh, Bernard
279
,
345
Walton Athletic Club
345
,
395
Wannier, G. H.
128
war: Anti-War movement
70–1
,
87
;
AMT not militarist
71
,
87
,
120
;
not pacifist
87
,
120
;
G. H. Hardy’s views on
120–1
;
E. M. Forster’s on
254
,
524
;
AMT as enigma of
253–5
,
520
,
526–7
;
see
First World War; Second World War; Cold War
War and Peace
(Tolstoy)
475
Ward, Colonel and Mrs
6
,
8
,
10
Ward, Hazel
6
,
447
Wardlaw, C. W.
477
Washington D. C.
142
,
243–4
,
248
,
252
Watson, Alister G. D.
109
,
136
,
153
,
366
,
495
Watson, J.
410
,
431
Waugh, Alec
21
,
27
,
28
,
309
n
Waugh, Evelyn
264
,
309
n
Weaver, W.
300
,
302
Webb, Roy V. B. and Mrs Webb
427
,
435
,
454
,
466
,
490
weight of evidence
197
,
250
,
265–6
,
344
,
410
n
Welch, Denton
483
n
Welchman, W. Gordon
161
,
179
,
182–3
,
185
n,
195
,
221
,
234
,
269
,
282
Wesley, Alan C.
279
,
280
,
289
Westcott House (Sherborne)
20
,
23
,
54
Westwood, Gordon (pseud.)
460–1
,
470–1
Weyl, H.
117–8
,
124
Whitehead, A.N.
84–5
Whitehead, J. H. C.
90
,
341
,
441
Wiener, Norbert
343
,
354
n,
395
,
403–5
,
418
Wilde, Oscar
77
,
216
,
362
,
458
,
465
,
479
,
488
Wildeblood, Peter
504
Wilkes, M. V.
155
,
342
,
351–5
,
366
,
374–5
,
407
441
444
Wilkinson, J. h. (Jim)
337–8
,
343–4
,
365
,
372
,
376
,
407
Wilkinson, L. Patrick
151
,
161
,
186
will, made by AMT
491
Williams, Denis G. M.
89

90
Williams, Evan
49
Williams, F. C.
340
,
342
,
349–50
,
355
,
372
,
385
,
390–4
,
397
,
410
,
413
,
441
Willingdon, Lord and Lady
15
Wills, R.
456–8
,
463
Wilmslow, Cheshire: AMT moves to
426
;
see
‘Hollymeade’
Wilson, Angus
448
,
448
n
Wilson, Colin
473
Wilson, Mary
272
,
280
Winchester College
32
,
61
,
149
,
198
Winn, Rodger
202
,
219
,
244
Winterbotham, F. W.
191
wireless
see
radio
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
91
,
136
,
150
,
152–4
,
215
,
381
,
421
,
451
,
523
,
527
Wolfenden, J.F.
525
n
Womersley, J. R.:
and origin of ACE
305–7
,
333–4
,
407–8
;
as administrator
317–8
,
338
,
340
,
342
,
351–2
,
355
,
366–7
,
375
Woodger, M. (Mike)
337
,
343
,
365
,
388
,
437
,
444
word problems
412
,
441
,
495
WRNS (Women’s Royal Naval Service)
191
,
195
,
221
,
227–8
,
517
Wylie, Shaun
121
,
128
,
149
,
198
,
204
,
206
,
216
,
282
,
312
,
387
Wynn-Williams, C. E.
225–6
,
262
n,
267
X-system (American secure speech cipher system)
246–8
,
269
,
270
,
274
,
284–5
YMCA
428
Young, J. Z.
415
,
435–7
zeta-function, machine for calculating
140–1
,
155–8
,
293
,
295–6
,
389
;
see also
Riemann
Zuckerman, S.
474
Zuse, K.
299
,
326
n
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