| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 427 pages) : illustrations |
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Inside technology |
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Inside technology.
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| Contents |
An ecology of knowledge: technical and institutional developments in computing, 1900-1945 -- Biography and the circulation of knowledge: John Mauchly and the origins of electronic computing -- From ecology to network: John von Neumann and postwar negotiations over computer-development research -- Knowledge and organization: redefining computer-development research at the national bureau of standards -- Research and rhetoric: Jay Forrester and federal sponsorship of academic research -- Institutions and border crossings: Cuthbert Hurd and his applied science field men -- Voluntarism and occupational identity: the IBM users' group, share -- Research and education: the academic computing centers at MIT and the University of Michigan -- Discipline and service: research on computer time sharing at MIT and the University of Michigan |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-412) and index |
| Notes |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda |
| Subject |
Electronic data processing -- United States -- History
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Computers -- United States -- History
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COMPUTERS -- History.
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Computers
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Electronic data processing
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Datentechnik
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Ost-West-Konflikt
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Technische Innovation
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Kalter Krieg -- Computer -- USA.
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Computer -- Kalter Krieg -- USA.
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Computer -- USA -- Geschichte.
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Ordinateurs -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780262266895 |
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026226689X |
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9781429477192 |
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1429477199 |
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1282098519 |
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9781282098510 |
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9786612098512 |
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6612098511 |
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