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Calculating a natural world : scientists, engineers, and computers during the rise of U.S. cold war research /

How the complex interplay of academic, commercial, and military interests produced an intense period of scientific discovery and technological innovation in computing during the Cold War.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Akera, Atsushi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Colección:Inside technology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An ecology of knowledge: technical and institutional developments in computing, 1900-1945
  • Biography and the circulation of knowledge: John Mauchly and the origins of electronic computing
  • From ecology to network: John von Neumann and postwar negotiations over computer-development research
  • Knowledge and organization: redefining computer-development research at the national bureau of standards
  • Research and rhetoric: Jay Forrester and federal sponsorship of academic research
  • Institutions and border crossings: Cuthbert Hurd and his applied science field men
  • Voluntarism and occupational identity: the IBM users' group, share
  • Research and education: the academic computing centers at MIT and the University of Michigan
  • Discipline and service: research on computer time sharing at MIT and the University of Michigan.