02989nam 2200637Ia 450 991078003380332120230607213424.097808018777410-8018-7774-1(CKB)111056486620436(EBL)3318182(OCoLC)923191550(SSID)ssj0000474711(PQKBManifestationID)12185362(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474711(PQKBWorkID)10462703(PQKB)10334079(SSID)ssj0000110709(PQKBManifestationID)11137845(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110709(PQKBWorkID)10064659(PQKB)11085459(MiAaPQ)EBC3318182(Au-PeEL)EBL3318182(CaPaEBR)ebr10021657(EXLCZ)9911105648662043620010716d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBetween human and machine[electronic resource] feedback, control, and computing before cybernetics /David A. MindellBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20021 online resource (456 p.)Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8018-8057-2 0-8018-6895-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-416) and index.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 Hour10 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; ZJohns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.ComputersHistoryElectronic data processingHistoryComputersHistory.Electronic data processingHistory.004/.09Mindell David A1516098MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780033803321Between human and machine3776582UNINA