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When computers were human / / David Alan Grier
| When computers were human / / David Alan Grier |
| Autore | Grier David Alan <1955 February 14-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510/.92/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Calculus - History
Science - Mathematics - History Mental calculators - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-691-09157-9
1-4008-4936-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. A Grandmother's Secret Life -- Part I: Astronomy and the Division of Labor 1682-1880 -- Chapter One. The First Anticipated Return: Halley's Comet 1758 -- Chapter Two. The Children of Adam Smith -- Chapter Three. The Celestial Factory: Halley's Comet 1835 -- Chapter Four. The American Prime Meridian -- Chapter Five. A Carpet for the Computing Room -- Part II: Mass Production and New Fields of Science 1880-1930 -- Chapter Six. Looking Forward, Looking Backward: Machinery 1893 -- Chapter Seven. Darwin's Cousins -- Chapter Eight. Breaking from the Ellipse: Halley's Comet 1910 -- Chapter Nine. Captains of Academe -- Chapter Ten. War Production -- Chapter Eleven. Fruits of the Conflict: Machinery 1922 -- Part III: Professional Computers and an Independent Discipline 1930-1964 -- Chapter Twelve. The Best of Bad Times -- Chapter Thirteen. Scientific Relief -- Chapter Fourteen. Tools of the Trade: Machinery 1937 -- Chapter Fifteen. Professional Ambition -- Chapter Sixteen. The Midtown New York Glide Bomb Club -- Chapter Seventeen. The Victor's Share -- Chapter Eighteen. I Alone Am Left to Tell Thee -- Epilogue. Final Passage: Halley's Comet 1986 -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Recurring Characters, Institutions, and Concepts -- Notes -- Research Notes and Bibliography -- Index -- Illustration Credits |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453608603321 |
Grier David Alan <1955 February 14->
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| Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When computers were human / / David Alan Grier
| When computers were human / / David Alan Grier |
| Autore | Grier David Alan <1955 February 14-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510/.92/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Calculus - History
Science - Mathematics - History Mental calculators - History |
| ISBN |
0-691-09157-9
1-4008-4936-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. A Grandmother's Secret Life -- Part I: Astronomy and the Division of Labor 1682-1880 -- Chapter One. The First Anticipated Return: Halley's Comet 1758 -- Chapter Two. The Children of Adam Smith -- Chapter Three. The Celestial Factory: Halley's Comet 1835 -- Chapter Four. The American Prime Meridian -- Chapter Five. A Carpet for the Computing Room -- Part II: Mass Production and New Fields of Science 1880-1930 -- Chapter Six. Looking Forward, Looking Backward: Machinery 1893 -- Chapter Seven. Darwin's Cousins -- Chapter Eight. Breaking from the Ellipse: Halley's Comet 1910 -- Chapter Nine. Captains of Academe -- Chapter Ten. War Production -- Chapter Eleven. Fruits of the Conflict: Machinery 1922 -- Part III: Professional Computers and an Independent Discipline 1930-1964 -- Chapter Twelve. The Best of Bad Times -- Chapter Thirteen. Scientific Relief -- Chapter Fourteen. Tools of the Trade: Machinery 1937 -- Chapter Fifteen. Professional Ambition -- Chapter Sixteen. The Midtown New York Glide Bomb Club -- Chapter Seventeen. The Victor's Share -- Chapter Eighteen. I Alone Am Left to Tell Thee -- Epilogue. Final Passage: Halley's Comet 1986 -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Recurring Characters, Institutions, and Concepts -- Notes -- Research Notes and Bibliography -- Index -- Illustration Credits |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790629103321 |
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Grier David Alan <1955 February 14->
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| Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When computers were human / / David Alan Grier
| When computers were human / / David Alan Grier |
| Autore | Grier David Alan <1955 February 14-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510/.92/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Calculus - History
Science - Mathematics - History Mental calculators - History |
| ISBN |
0-691-09157-9
1-4008-4936-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. A Grandmother's Secret Life -- Part I: Astronomy and the Division of Labor 1682-1880 -- Chapter One. The First Anticipated Return: Halley's Comet 1758 -- Chapter Two. The Children of Adam Smith -- Chapter Three. The Celestial Factory: Halley's Comet 1835 -- Chapter Four. The American Prime Meridian -- Chapter Five. A Carpet for the Computing Room -- Part II: Mass Production and New Fields of Science 1880-1930 -- Chapter Six. Looking Forward, Looking Backward: Machinery 1893 -- Chapter Seven. Darwin's Cousins -- Chapter Eight. Breaking from the Ellipse: Halley's Comet 1910 -- Chapter Nine. Captains of Academe -- Chapter Ten. War Production -- Chapter Eleven. Fruits of the Conflict: Machinery 1922 -- Part III: Professional Computers and an Independent Discipline 1930-1964 -- Chapter Twelve. The Best of Bad Times -- Chapter Thirteen. Scientific Relief -- Chapter Fourteen. Tools of the Trade: Machinery 1937 -- Chapter Fifteen. Professional Ambition -- Chapter Sixteen. The Midtown New York Glide Bomb Club -- Chapter Seventeen. The Victor's Share -- Chapter Eighteen. I Alone Am Left to Tell Thee -- Epilogue. Final Passage: Halley's Comet 1986 -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Recurring Characters, Institutions, and Concepts -- Notes -- Research Notes and Bibliography -- Index -- Illustration Credits |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813698903321 |
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Grier David Alan <1955 February 14->
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| Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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