[Ads-l] Antedating of "Computer Scientist"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Excellent citation, Fred.
The article in "The Terre Haute Tribune" was reprinted from a piece in
"The New York Times" which was published during the previous month.
The newspapers were reporting on the ten-day conference held at
University of California Los Angeles.

Date: June 23, 1949
Newspaper: The New York Times
Newspaper Location: New York, New York
Article: Scientists Confer on 'Electric Brain'
Author: Gladwin Hill (Special to The New York Times)
Quote Page 25, Column 5
Database: ProQuest

[Begin excerpt]
One of the main phases of the conference is a symposium on what
computer scientists have dubbed "the Monte Carlo problem."
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 7:28 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> computer scientist (OED 1957)
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> 1949 Terre Haute Tribune Star 31 July 31/5 (Newspapers.com)
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> One of the main phases of the conference is a symposium on what computer scientists have dubbed "the Mnnte Carlo problem."
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> Fred Shapiro
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