RAND and the information evolution :: a history in essays and vignettes /

This professional memoir describes RAND's contributions to the evolution of computer science, particularly during the first decades following World War II, when digital computers succeeded slide rules, mechanical desk calculators, electric accounting machines, and analog computers. The memoir i...

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1. Verfasser: Ware, Willis H.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2008.
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Zusammenfassung:This professional memoir describes RAND's contributions to the evolution of computer science, particularly during the first decades following World War II, when digital computers succeeded slide rules, mechanical desk calculators, electric accounting machines, and analog computers. The memoir includes photographs and vignettes that reveal the collegial, creative, and often playful spirit in which the groundbreaking research was conducted at RAND.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxvi, 201 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index.
ISBN:9780833048165
0833048163
1282451235
9781282451230
9786612451232
6612451238

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