RAND and the Information Evolution
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 includ...
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| author | Ware, Willis H. Chalk, Peter Warnes, Richard Clutterbuck, Lindsay Winn, Aidan Kirby |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1148172024-04-14T10:28:34Z RAND and the Information Evolution Ware, Willis H. Chalk, Peter Warnes, Richard Clutterbuck, Lindsay Winn, Aidan Kirby Technology History thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UY Computer science::UYZ Human–computer interaction::UYZM Information architecture thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history 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. 2023-10-05T10:17:37Z 2023-10-05T10:17:37Z 2008 book ONIX_20231005_9780833048165_591 9780833048165 9780833045133 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/114817 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/CP537RC RAND Corporation 10.7249/CP537RC 10.7249/CP537RC 47ac0b54-b121-491c-a9c8-5ca6776e27cb 9780833048165 9780833045133 open access |
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