Calculation and Computation in the Pre-electronic Era: The Mechanical and Electrical Ages: History of Computing
Autor Aristotle Tympasen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 apr 2019
This unique volume introduces the history of computing during the “first” (steam) and “second” (electricity) segments of the Industrial Revolution, revealing how this history was pivotal to the emergence of electronic computing and what many historians see as signifying a shift to a post-industrial society. It delves into critical developments before the electronic era, focusing on those of the mechanical era (from the emergence of the steam engine to that of the electric power network) and the electrical era (from the emergence of the electric power network to that of electronic computing). In so doing, it provides due attention to the demarcations between—and associated classifications of—artifacts for calculation during these respective eras. In turn, it emphasizes the history of comparisons between these artifacts.Topics and Features:
- motivates exposition through a firm historiographical argument of important developments
- explores the history of the slide rule and its use in the context of electrification examines the roles of analyzers, graphs, and a whole range of computing artifacts hitherto placed under the allegedly inferior class of analog computers
- shows how the analog and the digital are really inseparable, with perceptions thereof depending on either a full or a restricted view of the computing process
- investigates socially situated comparisons of computing history, including the effects of a politicaleconomy of computing (one that takes into account cost and ownership of computing artifacts)
- assesses concealment of analog-machine labor through encasement (“black-boxing”)
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781447174103
ISBN-10: 1447174100
Pagini: 243
Ilustrații: XIV, 243 p. 23 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Editura: SPRINGER LONDON
Colecția Springer
Seria History of Computing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1447174100
Pagini: 243
Ilustrații: XIV, 243 p. 23 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Editura: SPRINGER LONDON
Colecția Springer
Seria History of Computing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction.- The Delights of the Slide Rule.- Lighting Calculations Lightened.- Like the Poor, the Harmonics Will Always Be With Us.- The Inner Satisfaction That Comes With Each Use of the Alignment Chart.- The Appearance of a Neatly Finished Box.- Conclusion.
Recenzii
“Tympas (National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens, Greece) traces the story of analog computing devices in the preelectronic (or pre-digital) era, from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. … Tympas's meticulous attention to detail is demonstrated by the extensive references provided at the end of each chapter. All the references are united in a cumulative reference section at the end of the book. There is also a well-constructed, useful index. … Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (J. Beidler, Choice, Vol. 56 (1), September, 2018)
Notă biografică
Dr. Aristotle Tympas is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
Although it is popularly assumed that the history of computing before the second half of the 20th century was unimportant, in fact the Industrial Revolution was made possible and even sustained by a parallel revolution in computing technology. An examination and historiographical assessment of key developments helps to show how the era of modern electronic computing proceeded from a continual computing revolution that had arisen during the mechanical and the electrical ages.
This unique volume introduces the history of computing during the “first” (steam) and “second” (electricity) segments of the Industrial Revolution, revealing how this history was pivotal to the emergence of electronic computing and what many historians see as signifying a shift to a post-industrial society. It delves into critical developments before the electronic era, focusing on those of the mechanical era (from the emergence of the steam engine to that of the electric power network) and the electrical era (from the emergence of the electric power network to that of electronic computing). In so doing, it provides due attention to the demarcations between—and associated classifications of—artifacts for calculation during these respective eras. In turn, it emphasizes the history of comparisons between these artifacts.
Topics and Features:
This unique volume introduces the history of computing during the “first” (steam) and “second” (electricity) segments of the Industrial Revolution, revealing how this history was pivotal to the emergence of electronic computing and what many historians see as signifying a shift to a post-industrial society. It delves into critical developments before the electronic era, focusing on those of the mechanical era (from the emergence of the steam engine to that of the electric power network) and the electrical era (from the emergence of the electric power network to that of electronic computing). In so doing, it provides due attention to the demarcations between—and associated classifications of—artifacts for calculation during these respective eras. In turn, it emphasizes the history of comparisons between these artifacts.
Topics and Features:
- motivates exposition through a firm historiographical argument of important developments
- explores the history of the slide rule and its use in the context of electrification examines the roles of analyzers, graphs, and a whole range of computing artifacts hitherto placed under the allegedly inferior class of analog computers
- shows how the analog and the digital are really inseparable, with perceptions thereof depending on either a full or a restricted view of the computing process
- investigates socially situated comparisons of computing history, including the effects of a political economy of computing (one that takes into account cost and ownership of computing artifacts)
- assesses concealment of analog-machine labor through encasement (“black-boxing”)
Caracteristici
Offers an introduction to the history of computing during the ‘first’ (of steam) and the ‘second’ (of electricity) industrial revolution Suggests that the computing revolution and the industrial revolution were the same, with the one making the other possible and vice versa Proposes that analog and digital computing technology is inseparable, with their alleged difference actually resulting from either full or restricted view of the computing process