James W. Cortada

The Computer in the United States (eBook, PDF)

From Laboratory to Market, 1930-60

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies how a technological innovation -- in this case the computer -- progresses from its origin as an idea in someone's mind to its eventual manifestation as a useable and marketable consumer product.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315287768
• Artikelnr.: 49350735

Autorenporträt

James W. Cortada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Issues and the Debate
Chapter 2 Technical Origins of the Computer
Chapter 3 Analog, Electromechanical, and Digital Machines
Chapter 4 Vendors¿ Initial Responses to the Computer
Chapter 5 The Public and Customers Meet the Computer
Chapter 6 Patterns in Office Equipment Technology