Title :
From the farm to pioneering with digital control computers: an autobiography
Author_Institution :
38 Hemlock Dr., Westwood, MA, USA
Abstract :
This is a personal memoir of the author´s involvement from the beginnings of digital computers through the design of the Polaris missile guidance system to the Apollo Guidance Computer that put men on the Moon
Keywords :
aerospace computing; biographies; computerised control; computerised navigation; digital computers; digital control; history; missile guidance; Apollo Guidance Computer; Apollo spacecraft; Eldon C. Hall; Polaris missile guidance system; autobiography; digital computers; digital control computers; history; lunar landings; personal memoir; pioneering; system design; Autobiographies; Chemistry; Cities and towns; Digital control; Educational institutions; Guns; Mathematics; Missiles; Physics; Polarization;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
