Konrad Zuse


Konrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer. His greatest achievement was the worlds first programmable computer the functional programcontrolled Turingcomplete Z3 became operational in May 1941. Thanks to this machine and its predecessors, Zuse has often been regarded as the inventor of the modern computer.

Konrad Zuse married Gisela Brandes in January 1945, employing a carriage, himself dressed in tailcoat and top hat and with Gisela in a wedding veil, for Zuse attached importance to a noble ceremony. Their son Horst, the first of five children, was born in November 1945.

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