The Analogue Alternative: The Electronic Analogue Computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975

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James S. Small S Small James

The Analogue Alternative

The Electronic Analogue Computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975

James S. Small, S Small James, James S Small , Dr Small

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English

Routledge
27 September 2001

Music: styles & genres; History: specific events & topics; Geography; Computer hardware

Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

"Until the end of the 1990s. the majority of appliances used in everyday life have been developed with analogue technology. Now, either at home or out and about, we are surrounded by digital technology such as digital ""film"", audio systems, computers and telephones. From the late 1940s until the 1970s, analogue technology was a genuine alternative to digital, and the two competing technologies ran parallel with each other. During this period, a community of engineers, scientists, academics and businessmen continued to develop and promote the analogue computer. At the height of the Cold War, this community and its technology met with considerable success in meeting the urgent demand for high speed computing for use in the design and simulation of rockets, aircraft and manned space vehicles. ""The Analogue Alternative"" tracks the development, commercialization and ultimate decline of the electronic analogue computer in the USA and Britain. It examines the roles played by technical, economic and cultural factors in the competition between the alternative technologies, but more importantly, James Small demonstrates that non-technical factors, such as the role of ""military enterprise"" and the working practices of analogue engineers, have been the most crucial in analogue's demise."

By: James S. Small, S Small James, James S Small, Dr Small
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 15
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 589g
ISBN: 9780415271196
ISBN 10: 0415271193
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 27 September 2001
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

James S. Small has worked as a researcher and lecturer at the University of Manchester in England and at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands.