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Technology for Modelling
Electrical Analogies, Engineering Practice, and the Development of Analogue Computing
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149,79 €*
ISBN-13:
9781848829480
Veröffentl:
2010
Seiten:
203
Autor:
Charles Care
Serie:
History of Computing
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
1 - PDF Watermark
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Historians have different views on the core identity of analogue computing. Some portray the technology solely as a precursor to digital computing, whereas others stress that analogue applications existed well after 1940. Even within contemporary sources, there is a spectrum of understanding around what constitutes analogue computing. To understand the relationship between analogue and digital computing, and what this means for users today, the history must consider how the technology is used.
This book investigates the technologies, the concepts, and the applications of analog computing. The book suggests a new interpretation of the history of analog computing, and argues that analog computing can be thought of as a modeling technology.
Modelling, Calculation and Analogy: The Themes of Analogue Computing.- Introduction: Analogue Computers in the History of Computing.- A Multi-Stranded Chronology of Analogue Computing.- Modelling Technology and the History of Analogue Computing.- Origins of Analogue: Conceptual Association and Entanglement.- Analogue Computing in Use: A Selection of Contexts.- Analogue Computers in British Higher Education.- Analogue Computers and Oil Reservoir Modelling.- Analogue-Digital Decisions in British Aeronautical Research.- The Analogue Dishpan: Physical Modelling Versus Numerical Calculation in Meteorology.- Conclusion.