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Author Ware, Willis H.

Title RAND and the information evolution : a history in essays and vignettes / Willis H. Ware.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 201 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index.
Summary This professional memoir describes RAND's contributions to the evolution of computer science, particularly during the first decades following World War II, when digital computers succeeded slide rules, mechanical desk calculators, electric accounting machines, and analog computers. The memoir includes photographs and vignettes that reveal the collegial, creative, and often playful spirit in which the groundbreaking research was conducted at RAND.
Contents Introduction -- The Department -- RAND's First Computer People -- RAND's Early Computers -- A Building for People with Computers -- Project Essays -- Lore, Snippets, and Snapshots -- Epilogue.
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Subject Rand Corporation -- History.
Rand Corporation.
Rand Corporation. (OCoLC)fst00528242
Rand Corporation.
Information technology -- Research -- United States -- History.
Computer science -- Research -- United States -- History.
Military research -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Research institutes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
COMPUTERS -- Information Theory.
COMPUTERS -- History.
HISTORY -- Military -- General.
Computer science -- Research. (OCoLC)fst00872467
Information technology -- Research. (OCoLC)fst00973126
Military research. (OCoLC)fst01021439
Research institutes. (OCoLC)fst01095299
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Informationstechnik. (DE-588)4026926-7
Forschung. (DE-588)4017894-8
Informationstechnik.
Forschung.
United States.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1959-1980
Geschichte 1950-1980
1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Ware, Willis H. RAND and the information evolution. 9780833045133 (DLC) 2008029573 (OCoLC)233591958
ISBN 9780833048165 (electronic bk.)
0833048163 (electronic bk.)
9780833045133 (paperback;) (alk. paper)
083304513X (paperback;) (alk. paper)
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