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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| Sprache: | eng |
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Santa Monica, CA
Rand Corp.
2008
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Rand Corporation
> History
> Geschichte 1900-2000
> Geschichte 1950-1980
> Geschichte 1959-1980
> COMPUTERS / History
> COMPUTERS / Information Theory
> HISTORY / Military / General
> Geschichte
> Informatik
> Information technology
> Research
> Computer science
> Military research
> Research institutes
> Forschung
> Informationstechnik
> USA
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Tag hinzufügen | 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. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Beschreibung: | XXVI, 201 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780833045133 978-0-8330-4513-3 |