Calculation and Computation in the Pre-electronic Era: The Mechanical and Electrical Ages: History of Computing
Autor Aristotle Tympasen Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 ian 2018
This unique volume introduces the history of computing during the “first” (steam) and “second” (electricity) segments of the Industrial Revolution, revealing how this history was pivotal to the emergence of electronic computing and what many historians see as signifying a shift to a post-industrial society. It delves into critical developments before the electronic era, focusing on those of the mechanical era (from the emergence of the steam engine to that of the electric power network) and the electrical era (from the emergence of the electric power network to that of electronic computing). In so doing, it provides due attention to the demarcations between—and associated classifications of—artifacts for calculation during these respective eras. In turn, it emphasizes the history of comparisons between these artifacts.Topics and Features:
- motivates exposition through a firm historiographical argument of important developments
- explores the history of the slide rule and its use in the context of electrification examines the roles of analyzers, graphs, and a whole range of computing artifacts hitherto placed under the allegedly inferior class of analog computers
- shows how the analog and the digital are really inseparable, with perceptions thereof depending on either a full or a restricted view of the computing process
- investigates socially situated comparisons of computing history, including the effects of a political economy of computing (one that takes into account cost and ownership of computing artifacts)
- assesses concealment of analog-machine labor through encasement (“black-boxing”)
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781848827417
ISBN-10: 1848827415
Pagini: 230
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2017
Editura: SPRINGER LONDON
Colecția Springer
Seria History of Computing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1848827415
Pagini: 230
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2017
Editura: SPRINGER LONDON
Colecția Springer
Seria History of Computing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Public țintă
ResearchDescriere
This
book
offers
an
introduction
to
the
history
of
computing
during
the
‘first’
(steam)
and
the
‘second’
(electricity)
industrial
revolution.
It
starts
with
the
origins
of
the
industrial
revolution
and
stops
at
the
emergence
of
electronic
computing,
which
for
many
historians
signifies
the
end
of
the
industrial
society
and
the
beginning
of
a
post-industrial
society.
It
is
popularly
assumed
that
the
history
of
computing
before
the
second
half
of
the
twentieth
century
is
unimportant.
The
general
argument
of
the
book
is
that
computing
has
been
of
primary
importance
since
the
late
nineteenth
century
and
through
the
first
half
of
the
twentieth
century.
The
book
shows
that
the
industrial
revolution
was
made
possible
by
a
parallel
revolution
in
computing
technology.
As
indicated
by
the
transition
from
isolated
factory
steam
engines
to
vast
networks
of
interconnected
electric
power
lines,
the
industrial
revolution
was
actually
a
permanent
technological
revolution.
The
book
suggests
that
it
was
sustained
by
a
perpetual
revolution
in
computing
technology.
The
history
of
this
perpetual
computing
revolution
helps
us
to
understand
that
electronic
era
computing
continued
on
what
this
permanent
computing
revolution
had
accumulated
during
the
mechanical
and
the
electrical
age.
What
followed
after
the
1940s
capitalized
on
what
had
started
in
the
1780s.
In
this
sense,
the
book
offers
a
history
of
computing
during
the
mechanical
and
the
electrical
age
that
helps
us
to
contextualize
the
history
of
electronic
computing.
Cuprins
Introduction
The Delights of the Slide Rule
Lighting Calculations Lightened
Like the Poor, the Harmonics Will Always Be With Us
The Inner Satisfaction That Comes With Each Use of the Alignment Chart
The Appearance of a Neatly Finished Box
Conclusion
The Delights of the Slide Rule
Lighting Calculations Lightened
Like the Poor, the Harmonics Will Always Be With Us
The Inner Satisfaction That Comes With Each Use of the Alignment Chart
The Appearance of a Neatly Finished Box
Conclusion
Recenzii
“Tympas
(National
and
Kapodistrian
Univ.
of
Athens,
Greece)
traces
the
story
of
analog
computing
devices
in
the
preelectronic
(or
pre-digital)
era,
from
the
mid-19th
century
to
the
mid-20th
century.
…
Tympas's
meticulous
attention
to
detail
is
demonstrated
by
the
extensive
references
provided
at
the
end
of
each
chapter.
All
the
references
are
united
in
a
cumulative
reference
section
at
the
end
of
the
book.
There
is
also
a
well-constructed,
useful
index.
…
Recommended.
Upper-division
undergraduates
and
above.”
(J.
Beidler,
Choice,
Vol.
56
(1),
September,
2018)
Notă biografică
Dr.
Aristotle
Tympasis
an
Associate
Professor
in
the
Department
of
History
and
Philosophy
of
Science
at
the
National
and
Kapodestrian
University
of
Athens,
Greece.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
Although
it
is
popularly
assumed
that
the
history
of
computing
before
the
second
half
of
the
20th
century
was
unimportant,
in
fact
the
Industrial
Revolution
was
made
possible
and
even
sustained
by
a
parallel
revolution
in
computing
technology. An
examination
and
historiographical
assessment
of
key
developments
helps
to
show
how
the
era
of
modern
electronic
computing
proceeded
from
a
continual
computing
revolution
that
had
arisen
during
the
mechanical
and
the
electrical
ages.
This unique volume introduces the history of computing during the “first” (steam) and “second” (electricity) segments of the Industrial Revolution, revealing how this history was pivotal to the emergence of electronic computing and what many historians see as signifying a shift to a post-industrial society. It delves into critical developments before the electronic era, focusing on those of the mechanical era (from the emergence of the steam engine to that of the electric power network) and the electrical era (from the emergence of the electric power network to that of electronic computing). In so doing, it provides due attention to the demarcations between—and associated classifications of—artifacts for calculation during these respective eras. In turn, it emphasizes the history of comparisons between these artifacts.
Topics and Features:
This unique volume introduces the history of computing during the “first” (steam) and “second” (electricity) segments of the Industrial Revolution, revealing how this history was pivotal to the emergence of electronic computing and what many historians see as signifying a shift to a post-industrial society. It delves into critical developments before the electronic era, focusing on those of the mechanical era (from the emergence of the steam engine to that of the electric power network) and the electrical era (from the emergence of the electric power network to that of electronic computing). In so doing, it provides due attention to the demarcations between—and associated classifications of—artifacts for calculation during these respective eras. In turn, it emphasizes the history of comparisons between these artifacts.
Topics and Features:
- motivates exposition through a firm historiographical argument of important developments
- explores the history of the slide rule and its use in the context of electrification examines the roles of analyzers, graphs, and a whole range of computing artifacts hitherto placed under the allegedly inferior class of analog computers
- shows how the analog and the digital are really inseparable, with perceptions thereof depending on either a full or a restricted view of the computing process
- investigates socially situated comparisons of computing history, including the effects of a political economy of computing (one that takes into account cost and ownership of computing artifacts)
- assesses concealment of analog-machine labor through encasement (“black-boxing”)
Caracteristici
Offers
an
introduction
to
the
history
of
computing
during
the
‘first’
(of
steam)
and
the
‘second’
(of
electricity)
industrial
revolution
Suggests that the computing revolution and the industrial revolution were the same, with the one making the other possible and vice versa
Proposes that analog and digital computing technology is inseparable, with their alleged difference actually resulting from either full or restricted view of the computing process
Suggests that the computing revolution and the industrial revolution were the same, with the one making the other possible and vice versa
Proposes that analog and digital computing technology is inseparable, with their alleged difference actually resulting from either full or restricted view of the computing process