Milestones in Analog and Digital Computing

Milestones in Analog and Digital Computing
Author: Herbert Bruderer
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 2072
Release: 2021-01-04
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030409740

This Third Edition is the first English-language edition of the award-winning Meilensteine der Rechentechnik; illustrated in full color throughout in two volumes. The Third Edition is devoted to both analog and digital computing devices, as well as the world's most magnificient historical automatons and select scientific instruments (employed in astronomy, surveying, time measurement, etc.). It also features detailed instructions for analog and digital mechanical calculating machines and instruments, and is the only such historical book with comprehensive technical glossaries of terms not found in print or in online dictionaries. The book also includes a very extensive bibliography based on the literature of numerous countries around the world. 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.

Silicon, From Sand to Chips, Volume 2

Silicon, From Sand to Chips, Volume 2
Author: Alain Vignes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2024-06-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1394297637

Silicon is the material of the digital revolution, of solar energy and of digital photography, which has revolutionized both astronomy and medical imaging. It is also the material of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), indispensable components of smart objects. The discovery of the electronic and optoelectronic properties of germanium and silicon during the Second World War, followed by the invention of the transistor, ushered in the digital age. Although the first transistors were made from germanium, silicon eventually became the preferred material for these technologies. Silicon, From Sand to Chips 2 traces the history of the discoveries, inventions and developments in basic components and chips that these two materials enabled one after the other. The book is divided into two volumes and this second volume is devoted to microelectronic and optoelectronic chips, solar cells and MEMS.

Silicon, From Sand to Chips, Volume 1

Silicon, From Sand to Chips, Volume 1
Author: Alain Vignes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2024-06-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1394297602

Silicon is the material of the digital revolution, of solar energy and of digital photography, which has revolutionized both astronomy and medical imaging. It is also the material of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), indispensable components of smart objects. The discovery of the electronic and optoelectronic properties of germanium and silicon during the Second World War, followed by the invention of the transistor, ushered in the digital age. Although the first transistors were made from germanium, silicon eventually became the preferred material for these technologies. Silicon, From Sand to Chips 1 traces the history of the discoveries, inventions and developments in basic components and chips that these two materials enabled one after the other. The book is divided into two volumes and this first volume is devoted to basic microelectronic components.

Prophets of Computing

Prophets of Computing
Author: Dick van Lente
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2022-12-14
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1450398189

When electronic digital computers first appeared after World War II, they appeared as a revolutionary force. Business management, the world of work, administrative life, the nation state, and soon enough everyday life were expected to change dramatically with these machines’ use. Ever since, diverse prophecies of computing have continually emerged, through to the present day. As computing spread beyond the US and UK, such prophecies emerged from strikingly different economic, political, and cultural conditions. This volume explores how these expectations differed, assesses unexpected commonalities, and suggests ways to understand the divergences and convergences. This book examines thirteen countries, based on source material in ten different languages—the effort of an international team of scholars. In addition to analyses of debates, political changes, and popular speculations, we also show a wide range of pictorial representations of "the future with computers."

Prospective Philosophy of Software

Prospective Philosophy of Software
Author: Coline Ferrarato
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2020-02-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1786304430

Computer software (operating systems, web browsers, word processors, etc.) structure our daily lives. Comprising both a user interface and the electronic circuits of the machine it is printed to, software represents a hybrid object at the crossroads of materiality and immateriality. But is it, strictly speaking, a technical object? By examining the status of software against the criteria of philosophy of classic techniques, in particular that of Gilbert Simondon, this book lays the groundwork of a philosophical reflection on this subject. Further, in order to help introduce readers to problematics, lines of code and explanatory schemas have been provided.

Un monde de paquets

Un monde de paquets
Author: albertine meunier
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2012-10-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1291107711

Un monde de paquets est un cahier d'une recherche réalisé en 2011/2012 par albertine meunier, artiste.

Canadiana

Canadiana
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1080
Release: 1976
Genre: Canada
ISBN:

Histoire illustrée de l'informatique

Histoire illustrée de l'informatique
Author: Emmanuel Lazard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2016-03-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9782759818198

L'informatique fait aujourd'hui partie de notre quotidien. Pourtant il a fallu plus de deux mille ans de découvertes, d'ingéniosité, de pratique, de savants, ... à travers toutes les civilisations du monde pour arriver aux ordinateurs, gadgets technologiques, réseaux etc. bref tout ce qui fait notre environnement actuel. L'ouvrage se présente comme un beau livre dont chaque chapitre décrit les avancées de façon chronologique. Une présentation du contexte social de l'époque donne également une dimension humaine à l'ouvrage. Ainsi, vous découvrirez entre autres le boulier chinois en Antiquité, les premières machines mécaniques du XVI au XIXe siècle, l'apparition des robots au XXe, Turing et le codage, les premières salles d'informatique, les premiers ordinateurs, l'ancêtre du CD, Internet... Richement illustré et présenté sous la forme d'une succession d'encadrés datés, cet ouvrage intéressera tout curieux, scientifique ou non. Le langage simple, le choix des photos, l'analyse sociétale donne à ce voyage dans le temps le goût d'une aventure sans précédent.