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How the complex interplay of academic, commercial, and military interests produced an intense period of scientific discovery and technological innovation in computing during the Cold War.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Akera, Atsushi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series:Inside technology
Subjects:
Electronic data processing > United States > History.
Computers > United States > History.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:How the complex interplay of academic, commercial, and military interests produced an intense period of scientific discovery and technological innovation in computing during the Cold War.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 427 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:9780262266895
026226689X
9781429477192
1429477199
1282098519
9781282098510
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/1712.001.0001