The Computer in the United States
From Laboratory to Market, 1930-60
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 1993
Book
Hardback
206 pages
978-1-56324-234-2 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.tabs.ch.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56324-234-2 (9781563242342)
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Person
James W. Cortada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota.
Content
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;