Konrad zuse biography ingilizceden

Biography

Konrad Zuse was brought up in Braunsberg, East Prussia where he attended the Humanistisches Gymnasium. He entered the Technische Hochschule of Berlin- Charlottenburg in where he took courses in civil engineering.

It was these studies in engineering which led Zuse to become interested in developing a mechanical device for calculating around He found that he had to spend many hours [4]:-

working through the long statics calculations which are so important in the training of civil engineers

After graduating Zuse joined the Henschel Aircraft Company where he worked on stress analysis.

In particular he studied the stresses caused by vibrations of an aircraft's wing.

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His work again involved a great deal of calculation and so, to help him perform these calculations, Zuse built his Z1 computer in his parents living room. He wrote:-

I started in , working independently and without knowledge of other developments going on around me.

In fact, I hadn't even heard o