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



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Autore: Akera Atsushi Visualizza persona
Titolo: Calculating a natural world : scientists, engineers, and computers during the rise of U.S. cold war research / / Atsushi Akera Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (440 p.)
Disciplina: 004/.0973
Soggetto topico: Electronic data processing - United States - History
Computers - United States - History
Soggetto non controllato: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-412) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 An Ecology of Knowledge: Technical and Institutional Developments in Computing, 1900-1945 -- 2 Biography and the Circulation of Knowledge: John Mauchly and the Origins of Electronic Computing -- 3 From Ecology to Network: John von Neumann and Postwar Negotiations over Computer-Development Research -- 4 Knowledge and Organization: Redefining Computer-Development Research at the National Bureau of Standards -- 5 Research and Rhetoric: Jay Forrester and Federal Sponsorship of Academic Research -- 6 Institutions and Border Crossings: Cuthbert Hurd and His Applied Science Field Men -- 7 Voluntarism and Occupational Identity: The IBM Users' Group, Share -- 8 Research and Education: The Academic Computing Centers at MIT and the University of Michigan -- 9 Discipline and Service: Research on Computer Time Sharing at MIT and the University of Michigan -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- List of Books -- Index.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Calculating a natural world  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-09851-9
0-262-26689-X
9786612098512
1-4294-7719-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812523703321
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Calculating a natural world : scientists, engineers, and computers during the rise of U.S. cold war research / / Atsushi Akera
Akera Atsushi
Computing the future [[electronic resource] ] : a broader agenda for computer science and engineering / / Juris Hartmanis and Herbert Lin, editors ; Committee to Assess the Scope and Direction of Computer Science and Technology, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council