| Milestones in Analog and Digital Computing 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Bruderer, Herbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030409732 ISBN-13: 9783030409739 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $474.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | History - Business & Economics | Industries - Computers & Information Technology - Education | Computers & Technology |
| Physical Information: 3.9" H x 7.7" W x 10.6" (7.20 lbs) 2053 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This Third Edition is the first English-language edition of the award-winning Meilensteine der Rechentechnik; illustrated in full color throughout in two volumes. The Third Edition is devoted to both analog and digital computing devices, as well as the world's most magnificient historical automatons and select scientific instruments (employed in astronomy, surveying, time measurement, etc.). It also features detailed instructions for analog and digital mechanical calculating machines and instruments, and is the only such historical book with comprehensive technical glossaries of terms not found in print or in online dictionaries. The book also includes a very extensive bibliography based on the literature of numerous countries around the world. Meticulously researched, the author conducted a worldwide survey of science, technology and art museums with their main holdings of analog and digital calculating and computing machines and devices, historical automatons and selected scientific instruments in order to describe a broad range of masterful technical achievements. Also covering the history of mathematics and computer science, this work documents the cultural heritage of technology as well. |