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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/769216542 Title: Calculating a natural world : scientists, engineers, and computers during the rise of US Cold War research Author: Atsushi Akera Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, 2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9780262512039 0262512033 9780262012317 0262012316 OCLC:769216542

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Calculating a natural world : scientists, engineers, and computers during the rise of US Cold War research

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Calculating a natural world : scientists, engineers, and computers during the rise of US Cold War research

Author:	Atsushi Akera
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, 2008.
Series:	Inside technology
Edition/Format:	Book : English
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Atsushi Akera Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780262512039 0262512033 9780262012317 0262012316
OCLC Number:	769216542
Notes:	Originally published: 2006.
Description:	xi, 427 s. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	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 -- Series List -- Index.
Series Title:	Inside technology
Responsibility:	Atsushi Akera.

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