
Computing in Russia
The History of Computer Devices and Information Technology revealed
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag
Published on 27. July 2001
Book
Hardback
XIV, 350 pages
978-3-528-05757-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the first compendium on the development of the computer in Russia to appear in the West. After briefly illuminating the history of Russian mechanical calculation devices, the book largely focuses on the first generations of (military and civilian) electronic computers, most of which were developed in the Soviet Union during the "Space-Race" and the Cold War, simultaneously with similarly fundamental developments in computing in the U.S.A. The reader is introduced to computers and cybernetics from mathematical, technical, social and cultural perspectives through archive material and through texts by some of the preeminent veterans of Russian computing (historians, engineers, military historians).
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Edition
2001
Language
English
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
Germany
Publishing group
Vieweg & Teubner
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
128
128 s/w Abbildungen
128 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 17 cm
Weight
792 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-528-05757-2 (9783528057572)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Georg Trogemann, professor for information sciences in the section for art and media-studies at the Media Art School, Cologne
Wolfgang Ernst, guest professor for the history, theory and aesthetics of media at the Institute for Film and Television Studies at the Ruhr-University, Bochum
Alexander Nitussov, engineer and translator in Moscow and Cologne
Wolfgang Ernst, guest professor for the history, theory and aesthetics of media at the Institute for Film and Television Studies at the Ruhr-University, Bochum
Alexander Nitussov, engineer and translator in Moscow and Cologne
Content
The First Calculating Devices in Russia - Machines for the Comparison of Philosophical Ideas - Military Machines and Other Computers - Cybernetics and Information Sciences in Russia - Political, Social and Economic Conditions - Biographical/Bibliographical Notes on Significant Engineers and Scientists