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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
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Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: October 2002
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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.

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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" L (1.33 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Annotated, Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2003 pg. 685
 
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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.
 
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