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The Analogue Alternative: The Electronic Analogue Computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975 (Record no. 238)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780415862998
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 004.19
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Personal name Small, James S.
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Title The Analogue Alternative: The Electronic Analogue Computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Taylor & Francis Ltd;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 25 Oct 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 336 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. We are in the midst of a digital revolution - until recently, the majority of appliances used in everyday life have been developed with analogue technology. Now, either at home or out and about, we are surrounded by digital technology such as digital "film," audio systems, computers and telephones. From the late 1940s until the 1970s, analogue technology was a genuine alternative to digital, and the two competing technologies ran parallel with each other. During this period, a community of engineers, scientists, academics and businessmen continued to develop and promote the analogue computer. At the height of the Cold War, this community and its technology met with considerable success in meeting the urgent demand for high speed computing for use in the design and simulation of rockets, aircraft and manned space vehicles. The Analogue Alternative tracks the development, commercialisation and ultimate decline of the electronic analogue computer in the USA and Britain. It examines the roles played by technical, economic and cultural factors in the competition between the alternative technologies, but more importantly, James Small demonstrates that non-technical factors, such as the role of military enterprise"" and the working practices of analogue engineers", have been the most crucial in analogue's demise. This book will be of interest to students of the history and sociology of science and technology, particularly computing. It will also be relevant to those interested in technical change and innovation, and the study of scientific cultures.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element History of science
9 (RLIN) 359452
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Computer science
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi Computing and the Internet 24/06/2016   004.19 PKLC009248 16/09/2016   24/06/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Computing and the Internet 26/04/2016 1 004.19 PKLC004195 26/03/2021 10/03/2021 26/04/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17