Search Results: calculating machines recent prospective developments

MIT Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Mit Pr, 1984. Paperback. New. 154 pages. 8.98x5.98x0.71 inches.

Mit Pr. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947. Soft cover. Very Good. Octavo. Original cream wrappers printed in brown. 2 plates from photographs, equations and charts within the text. Ownership signature to upper cover, title and author's name written in ink on the spine. Wrappers tanned, crease to lower cover also slightly affecting final ten leaves. A very good copy. First edition, first impression of "the first booklet on electronic computers separately published by a conventional publisher, and also one of the earliest discussions of how these machines could be used in scientific calculations" (Origins of Cyberspace 649). In addition to his significant contributions to ballistics and quantum theory, British mathematician Douglas Hartree (1897-1958) was a leader in efforts to automate scientific calculations. He was "involved in the development of the digital electronic computer, which emerged from wartime attempts to automate calculation further... In 1946 Hartree's advice was sought in the… Read More