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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Akera, Atsushi
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series:Inside technology.
Subjects:
Electronic data processing > United States > History.
Computers > United States > History.
Ordinateurs > États-Unis > Histoire.
COMPUTERS > History.
Computers
Electronic data processing
Datentechnik
Ost-West-Konflikt
Technische Innovation
Kalter Krieg > Computer > USA.
Computer > Kalter Krieg > USA.
Computer > USA > Geschichte.
United States
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 427 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-412) and index.
ISBN:9780262266895
026226689X
9781429477192
1429477199
1282098519
9781282098510
9786612098512
6612098511

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