At the present time there exist problems beyond our ability to solve, not because of theoretical difficulties, but because of insufficient means of mechanical computation. – Howard Aiken

Theres my education in computers, right there this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book. – Howard Aiken

The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself. – Howard Aiken