RAND and the Information Evolution A History in Essays and Vignettes

• Main Author: Ware, Willis H. (auth)
• Other Authors: Chalk, Peter (auth), Warnes, Richard (auth), Clutterbuck, Lindsay (auth), Winn, Aidan Kirby (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2008
• Subjects: Information architecture; Information technology: general issues; Military history; Technology; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This professional memoir describes RAND's contributions to the evolution of computer science, particularly during the first decades following World War II, when digital computers succeeded slide rules, mechanical desk calculators, electric accounting machines, and analog computers. The memoir i...