PAX Computer Parallel Processing Scientific Computing Hoshino 1989 Hardcover

I’m selling this 1989 hardcover English edition of PAX Computer: High-Speed Parallel Processing and Scientific Computing by Tsutomu Hoshino, published by Addison-Wesley as part of its Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

This is a scarce technical work on the PAX computer and high-speed parallel processing, with particular relevance to the history of supercomputing, high-performance computer architecture and scientific computing. The original Japanese edition was published in 1985; this English edition was published by Addison-Wesley in 1989 and was translated by Susan Goldman and Tsutomu Hoshino and edited by Harold S. Stone.

This copy has an especially interesting association. It comes from the personal technical library of electrical engineer and power-systems researcher Gerald B. Sheblé, whose name is written on the front pastedown.

The original dust jacket is present and has “FREE COPY NOT FOR SALE” stamped vertically down the front. I am leaving this unusual publisher/distribution-era marking exactly as found rather than trying to remove or obscure it. I am not representing the book as a formal review copy because there is no additional documentation establishing that designation.

The dust jacket has light age, shelf and edge wear, including minor rubbing and corner wear. The hardcover itself presents well, and the interior pages are clean.

This is an uncommon original technical book with an unusual combination of early parallel-computing subject matter, original dust jacket, “FREE COPY NOT FOR SALE” marking and Gerald B. Sheblé provenance. It should fit particularly well in a collection devoted to vintage computing, supercomputers, parallel processing, computer architecture or the history of scientific computing.

Author: Tsutomu Hoshino

Book Title: PAX Computer: High-Speed Parallel Processing and Scientific Computing

Language: English

ISBN: 0201184923 / 9780201184921

Topic: Parallel Processing; Scientific Computing; Supercomputing; Computer Architecture

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Special Features: English Edition; Dust Jacket; “FREE COPY NOT FOR SALE” Stamp; Gerald B. Sheblé Provenance; Bibliography; Index

Publication Year: 1989

Signed: No

Intended Audience: Academic; Professional; Researchers; Advanced Students

Vintage: Yes

Ex Libris: No

Inscribed: No

Personalized: No

Era: 1980s

Illustrator: Not specified

Literary Movement: Technical and Academic Computing

Genre: Computers & Technology; Computer Science; Engineering

Subject: PAX Computer; Parallel Processing; Scientific Computing; High-Performance Computing; Computer Architecture

PAX Computer, Tsutomu Hoshino, parallel processing, parallel computing, scientific computing, supercomputer, supercomputing, high performance computing, HPC, computer architecture, processor array, vintage computing, computer history, Japanese computing, University of Tsukuba, Addison-Wesley, Harold S Stone, Susan Goldman, 1989 computer science, 0201184923, 9780201184921