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"Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term "computer" referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientists in t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Grier, David Alan, 1955 February 14- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science > Mathematics.
Calculators.
COMPUTERS > History.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
Calculs numeriques > Methodologie > Histoire.
Sciences > Mathematiques > Histoire.
Calculatrices > Histoire.
Numerical calculations > Methodology > History.
Science > Mathematics > History.
Calculators > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Astronomy and the Division of Labor 1682-1880
  • The First Anticipated Return: Halley's Comet 1758
  • The Children of Adam Smith
  • The Celestial Factory: Halley's Comet 1835
  • The American Prime Meridian
  • A Carpet for the Computing Room
  • Mass Production and New Fields of Science 1880-1930
  • Looking Forward, Looking Backward: Machinery 1893
  • Darwin's Cousins
  • Breaking from the Ellipse: Halley's Comet 1910
  • Captains of Academe
  • War Production
  • Fruits of the Conflict: Machinery 1922
  • Professional Computers and an Independent Discipline 1930-1964
  • The Best of Bad Times
  • Scientific Relief
  • Tools of the Trade: Machinery 1937
  • Professional Ambition
  • New York Mid-town Glide Bomb Club
  • The Victor's Share
  • Only I Alone am Left to Tell Thee.

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