Calculating a natural world : scientists, engineers, and computers during the rise of U.S. cold war research / Atsushi Akera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akera, Atsushi.

Series:

Inside technology.

Inside technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic data processing--United States--History.

Electronic data processing.

Computers--United States--History.

Computers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How the complex interplay of academic, commercial, and military interests produced an intense period of scientific discovery and technological innovation in computing during the Cold War.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Introduction

1 An Ecology of Knowledge: Technical and Institutional Developments in Computing, 1900-1945

2 Biography and the Circulation of Knowledge: John Mauchly and the Origins of Electronic Computing

3 From Ecology to Network: John von Neumann and Postwar Negotiations over Computer-Development Research

4 Knowledge and Organization: Redefining Computer-Development Research at the National Bureau of Standards

5 Research and Rhetoric: Jay Forrester and Federal Sponsorship of Academic Research

6 Institutions and Border Crossings: Cuthbert Hurd and His Applied Science Field Men

7 Voluntarism and Occupational Identity: The IBM Users' Group, Share

8 Research and Education: The Academic Computing Centers at MIT and the University of Michigan

9 Discipline and Service: Research on Computer Time Sharing at MIT and the University of Michigan

Conclusion

Notes

References

List of Books

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-412) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786612098512

9781282098510

1282098519

9780262266895

026226689X

9781429477192

1429477199

OCLC:

228169961