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979385
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b733755
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Akera, Atsushi.
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| Title & Author
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Calculating a natural world : : scientists, engineers, and computers during the rise of U.S. cold war research /\ Atsushi Akera.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: MIT Press,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Inside technology
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1 online resource (ix, 427 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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026226689X
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: 1282098519
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: 1429477199
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: 6612098511
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: 9780262266895
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: 9781282098510
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: 9781429477192
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: 9786612098512
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0262012316
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9780262012317
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-412) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Computers-- United States-- History.
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Electronic data processing-- United States-- History.
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Computer-- Kalter Krieg-- USA.
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Computer-- USA-- Geschichte.
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COMPUTERS-- History.
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Computers.
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Datentechnik
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Electronic data processing.
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Kalter Krieg-- Computer-- USA.
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Ost-West-Konflikt
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Technische Innovation
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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004/.0973
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QA76.17.A42 2007eb
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