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George Elmer Forsythe (January 8, 1917 – April 9, 1972) was an American computer scientist and numerical analyst who founded and led Stanford University's Computer Science Department. [1] Forsythe came to Stanford in the Mathematics Department in 1959, and served as professor and chairman of the Computer Science department from ...
George Elmer Forsythe (8 de janeiro de 1917 — 9 de abril de 1972 [1]) foi um cientista da computação estadunidense. Livros [ editar | editar código-fonte ] Dynamic Meteorology (with William Gustin and Jörgen Holmboy), John Wiley , New York, 1945, 375pp.
Summary. George Forsythe was a American mathematician and computer scientist who was responsible for the rapid development of computer science. View five larger pictures. Biography. George Forsythe was born into a Quaker family.
George Elmer Forsythe. Born January 8, 1917, State College, Pa.; died April 9, 1972, Stanford, Calif..; numerical analyst and early inspiring teacher of computing who transformed Hamming's famous aphorism into "The Purpose of Computing Numbers Is Not Yet in Sight."
George Forsythe was the founder of the Department of Computer Science at Stanford, one of the first independent departments of computer science in the country. Sandra, his wife, overcame gender-related academic adversity to become a force in computer science in her own right.
George Forsythe's global contribution was recognizing and helping to define computer science as a broadly inclusive new field. In 1961, Forsythe said, "Enough is known already of the diverse applications of computing for us to recognize the birth of a coherent body of technique, which I call computer science.
My purpose in this article is to review George Forsythe's contributions to the establishment of Computer Science as a recognized discipline. It is generally agreed that he, more than any other man, is responsible for the rapid development of computer science in the world's colleges and universities.
