Soviet Information Technology behind Space Run and Cold War
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Georg Trogemann, professor for information sciences in the section for art and media-studies at the Media Art School, Cologne
Wolfgang Ernst, guest professor for the history, theory and aesthetics of media at the Institute for Film and Television Studies at the Ruhr-University, Bochum
Alexander Nitussov, engineer and translator in Moscow and Cologne
This book is the first compendium on the development of the computer in Russia to appear in the West. After briefly illuminating the history of Russian mechanical calculation devices, the book largely focuses on the first generations of (military and civilian) electronic computers, most of which were developed in the Soviet Union during the "Space-Race" and the Cold War, simultaneously with similarly fundamental developments in computing in the U.S.A. The reader is introduced to computers and cybernetics from mathematical, technical, social and cultural perspectives through archive material and through texts by some of the preeminent veterans of Russian computing (historians, engineers, military historians). This alternative history and pre-history of information processing and of the computer ends with the adopting of the IBM standard and of Western technologies around 1970. Under the title Arifmometr (the name of the first Russian calculation device), a critical part of Eastern European technological culture is (re)-discovered for the reader; at the same time, the reader is reminded of the alternatives to the Western hemisphere's concept of the computer, which are of decisive historical interest.
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Hardcover. Zustand: gut. Auflage: 1 (3. Oktober 2003). General Computing The first compendium on the development of the computer in Russia to appear in the West A fascinating work of historical and cultural significance, Computing in Russia describes the history of Russian mechanical calculation devices. It focuses substantially on the first generations of military and civilian electronic computers, most of which were developed in the Soviet Union during the "Space-Race" and the Cold War, simultaneously with similarly fundamental developments in computing in the USA. The reader is introduced to computers and cybernetics from mathematical, technical, social and cultural perspectives through archive material and through texts by some of the pre-eminent veterans of Russian computing (historians, engineers, military historians). This alternative history and pre-history of information processing and of the computer ends with the adopting of the IBM standard and of Western technologies around 1970. In this book a critical part of Eastern European technological culture is (re-) discovered; at the same time, the reader is reminded of the alternatives to the Western hemisphere's concept of the computer, which are of decisive historical interest Synopsis A fascinating work of historical and cultural significance, Computing in Russia describes the history of Russian mechanical calculation devices. It focuses substantially on the first generations of military and civilian electronic computers, most of which were developed in the Soviet Union during the "Space-Race" and the Cold War, simultaneously with similarly fundamental developments in computing in the USA. The reader is introduced to computers and cybernetics from mathematical, technical, social and cultural perspectives through archive material and through texts by some of the pre-eminent veterans of Russian computing (historians, engineers, military historians). This alternative history and pre-history of information processing and of the computer ends with the adopting of the IBM standard and of Western technologies around 1970. In this book a critical part of Eastern European technological culture is (re-) discovered; at the same time, the reader is reminded of the alternatives to the Western hemisphere's concept of the computer, which are of decisive historical interest. Content: The First Calculating Devices in Russia - Machines for the Comparison of Philosophical Ideas - Military Machines and Other Computers - Cybernetics and Information Sciences in Russia - Political, Social and Economic Conditions - Biographical/Bibliographical Notes on Significant Engineers and Scientists Übersetzer Alexander Y Nitussov Sprache englisch Maße 170 x 240 mm Einbandart gebunden Mathematik Informatik Informatiker Arifmometr Computer Cybernetics Informatik EDV Lexika History Informatik Informationstechnologie Russia Russland Technik Soviet Union Sowjetunion Geschichte; Geistesgeschichte Kulturgeschichte ISBN-10 3-528-05757-2 3528057572 ISBN-13 978-3-528-05757-2 9783528057572 In englischer Sprache. 352 pages. 23,8 x 16,6 x 2,2 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BN4552
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