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Mindell David A |
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Between human and machine [[electronic resource] ] : feedback, control, and computing before cybernetics / / David A. Mindell |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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9780801877741 |
0-8018-7774-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (456 p.) |
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Collana |
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Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Computers - History |
Electronic data processing - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-416) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: A History of Control Systems; 2 Naval Control Systems: The Bureau of Ordnance and the Ford Instrument Company; 3 Taming the Beasts of the Machine Age: The Sperry Company; 4 Opening Black's Box: Bell Labs and the Transmission of Signals; 5 Artificial Representation of Power Systems: Analog Computing at MIT; 6 Dress Rehearsal for War: The Four Horsemen and Palomar; 7 Organizing for War: The Fire Control Divisions of the NDRC; 8 The Servomechanisms Laboratory and Fire Control for the Masses; 9 Analog's Finest Hour |
10 Radar and System Integration at the Radiation Laboratory11 Cybernetics and Ideas of the Digital; 12 Conclusion: Feedback and Information in 1945; APPENDIX A: Algorithm of the Ford Rangekeeper Mark 1; APPENDIX B: NDRC Section D-2 and Division 7 Contracts for Fire Control; APPENDIX C: Algorithm of Bell Labs' T-10 Director; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
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