RAND and the Information Evolution A History in Essays and Vignettes

• Hoofdauteur: Ware, Willis H. (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Chalk, Peter (auth), Warnes, Richard (auth), Clutterbuck, Lindsay (auth), Winn, Aidan Kirby (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: RAND Corporation 2008
• Onderwerpen: Information architecture; Information technology: general issues; Military history; Technology; History
• Online toegang: 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...