Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse (June 22, 1910 – December 18, 1995)was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. Thanks to this machine and its predecessors, Zuse is regarded by some as the inventor and father of the modern computer.[1]
Quotes·Quotations by Konrad Zuse
¶ The rattling of the relays of the Z4 was the only interesting thing to be experienced in Zurich's night life!
Attributed to Zuse in: Ra L Rojas, Ulf Hashagen (2002) The First Computers: History and Architectures. p.270.[2]
¶ Die Gefahr, dass der Computer so wird wie der Mensch, ist nicht so groß wie die Gefahr, dass der Mensch so wird wie der Computer.
Translation: The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.
Attributed in: Hersfelder Zeitung. Nr. 212, 12. September 2005.
¶ Der Glaube an eine bestimmte Idee gibt dem Forscher den Rückhalt für seine Arbeit. Ohne diesen Glauben wäre er verloren in einem Meer von Zweifeln und halbgültigen Beweisen.
Translation: The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.
Attributed in Konrad Zuse on "Die Erfindergalerie", dpma.de, 2008.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse
[2] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse