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Milestones in Analog and Digital Computing: 1-2 Third Edition 2020 Edition
Author(s): Herbert Bruderer (Author)
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: 6 Jan. 2022
- Edition: Third Edition 2020
- Language: English
- Print length: 2083 pages
- ISBN-10: 3030409759
- ISBN-13: 9783030409753
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This voluminous work presents the fruits of extensive archival and historical research. … the book discusses many groundbreaking analog devices … . The reader finds a very expansive list of achievements here … . A main strength of Bruderer’s work are archival Insights … . The book is itself a milestone in computer history, and a much needed corrective to the tendency, both in industry and in academia, to see computing almost exclusively in terms of the near future.” (IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 5, April-June, 2022)
“A more interesting presentation … . The translator can be credited with rendering a smooth-reading text. … Multiple types of cross references are offered … . this addition with its more global coverage is welcome.” (Albert C. Lewis, zbMATH 1477.68003, 2022)
About the Author
Herbert Bruderer is a lecturer (retired) in the Department of Computer Science of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich and a historian of technology. He is the author of numerous books and has been awarded several prizes.
