A Bibliographic Guide to Resources in Scientific Computing, 1945-1975 Contributor(s): Yost, Jeffrey R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313316813 ISBN-13: 9780313316814 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2002 Annotation: An essential contribution to the study of the history of computers, this work identifies the computer's impact on the physical, biological, cognitive, and medical sciences. References fundamental to the understudied area of the history of scientific computing also document the significant role of the sciences in helping to shape the development of computer technology. More broadly, the many resources on scientific computing help demonstrate how the computer was the most significant scientific instrument of the 20th century. The only guide of its kind covering the use and impact of computers on the the physical, biological, medical, and cognitive sciences, it contains more than 1,000 annotated citations to carefully selected secondary and primary resources. Historians of technology and science will find this a very useful resource. Computer scientists, physicians, biologists, chemists, and geologists will also benefit from this extensive bibliography on the history of computer applications and the sciences. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes - Technology & Engineering - Computers | Hardware - Personal Computers - General |
Dewey: 016.502 |
LCCN: 2002069622 |
Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Library and Information Scienc |
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.28" W x 9.44" (1.33 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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Publisher Description: An essential contribution to the study of the history of computers, this work identifies the computer's impact on the physical, biological, cognitive, and medical sciences. References fundamental to the understudied area of the history of scientific computing also document the significant role of the sciences in helping to shape the development of computer technology. More broadly, the many resources on scientific computing help demonstrate how the computer was the most significant scientific instrument of the 20th century. The only guide of its kind covering the use and impact of computers on the the physical, biological, medical, and cognitive sciences, it contains more than 1,000 annotated citations to carefully selected secondary and primary resources. Historians of technology and science will find this a very useful resource. Computer scientists, physicians, biologists, chemists, and geologists will also benefit from this extensive bibliography on the history of computer applications and the sciences. |