Historical Computer Engineering - Konrad Zuse
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Konrad Zuse

Engineer

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Konrad Zuse 1935

The structural engineer

In 1935 Zuse finished his degree in engineering in Hoyerswerda and get his first job as a structural engineer for the Henschel Aircraft-Company. Early he terminated the job, to concentrate on the idea of a completely working machine. He wants to automatic the logic of static calculations in an algorithm to calculate this in his working machine. During the Second World War, Zuse reached with the help of Prof. Herbert Wagner the "indispensable" status. After this he was involved in the development of the glide bomb Hs 293 at the Henschel Aircraft-Company.