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Milestones in Analog and Digital Computing de Herbert Bruderer

Milestones in Analog and Digital Computing

Autor Herbert Bruderer
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 ian 2021
This Third Edition is the first English-language edition of the award-winning Meilensteine der Rechentechnik; illustrated in full color throughout in two volumes. The Third Edition is devoted to both analog and digital computing devices, as well as the world's most magnificient historical automatons and select scientific instruments (employed in astronomy, surveying, time measurement, etc.). It also features detailed instructions for analog and digital mechanical calculating machines and instruments, and is the only such historical book with comprehensive technical glossaries of terms not found in print or in online dictionaries. The book also includes a very extensive bibliography based on the literature of numerous countries around the world.

Meticulously researched, the author conducted a worldwide survey of science, technology and art museums with their main holdings of analog and digital calculating and computing machines and devices, historical automatons and selected scientific instruments in order to describe a broad range of masterful technical achievements. Also covering the history of mathematics and computer science, this work documents the cultural heritage of technology as well.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030409739
ISBN-10: 3030409732
Pagini: 2053
Ilustrații: XXX, 2053 p. 715 illus., 626 illus. in color. In 2 volumes, not available separately.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 3.27 kg
Ediția:3rd ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Volume 1: 1. Introduction.- 2. Basic Principles.- 3. The Coming of Age of Arithmetic.- 4. Classification of Calculating Aids and Related Instruments.- 5. Chronology .- 6. Pioneers in Calculating and Computing Technology.- 7. Conferences and Institutes.- 8. Global Overview of Early Digital Computers.- 9. Museums and Collections.- 10. The Antikythera Mechanism.- 11. Schwilgués Calculating Machines.- 12. The Thomas Arithmometer.- 13. The Curta.- 14. Slide Rules.- 15. Historical Automatons and Robots.- 16. Mechanical Calculating Aids.- 17. Technological, Economic, Social and Cultural History.- 18. Preserving the Technical Heritage.- 19. Operating Instructions.- Index of Persons, Places and Subjects.- Volume 2: 1. Who Was the Inventor of the Computer?.- 2. Computer Development in Germany.- 3. Computer Development in the United Kingdom.- 4. Computer Development in Switzerland.- 5. Documents Relevant to the Z4 and Ermeth.- 6. The Global Evolution of Computer Technology.- 7. Glossary of the History of Technology: German-English.- 8. Glossary of the History of Technology: English-German.- Bibliography for the History of Science and Technology.- Index of Persons, Places and Subjects.

Recenzii

“This voluminous work presents the fruits of extensive archival and historical research. … the book discusses many groundbreaking analog devices … . The reader finds a very expansive list of achievements here … . A main strength of Bruderer’s work are archival Insights … . The book is itself a milestone in computer history, and a much needed corrective to the tendency, both in industry and in academia, to see computing almost exclusively in terms of the near future.” (IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 5, April-June, 2022)
“A more interesting presentation … . The translator can be credited with rendering a smooth-reading text. … Multiple types of cross references are offered … . this addition with its more global coverage is welcome.” (Albert C. Lewis, zbMATH 1477.68003, 2022)

Notă biografică

Herbert Bruderer is a lecturer (retired) in the Department of Computer Science of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich and a historian of technology. He is the author of numerous books and has been awarded several prizes. 


Caracteristici

Most comprehensive book on the history of computing, consisting of two volumes encompassing some 2,000 pages, with more than 700 illustrations (some 280 of which are new to this edition) and over 150 tables (about 50 of which are new to this edition) New edition (published in the English language for the first time) features a significantly expanded global overview, comprehensive German-English and English-German glossaries of technical terms with over 5,000 entries, and a greatly expanded and updated bibliography with over 6,000 entries Features new information on recently discovered mathematical instruments, including the Multiple Curta (the world’s smallest mechanical parallel calculator) Includes greater consideration of related fields, such as scientific instruments, typewriters, and perforated tape controlled looms and automatons Twenty additional step-by-step user instructions for historical analog and digital calculating devices