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The analogue alternative : the electronic analogue computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975 / James S. Small.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Small, James S.
- Series:
- Studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ; v. 15.
- Studies in the history of science, technology and medicine ; v. 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electronic analog computers--Great Britain--History.
- Electronic analog computers.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Electronic analog computers--United States--History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
- Summary:
- From the late 1940's to the 1970's, analogue technology was seen as a genuine alternative to the digital computer, and the two competing approaches ran parallel with each other. "The Analogue Alternative" describes and analyzes the development, commercialization and ultimate decline of the electronic analogue computer in the USA and Britain.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0415271193
- OCLC:
- 48109343
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