Title :
Reviews [review of "A science of operations: machines, logic, and the invention of programming" (Priestley, M.; 2011) and "Moving targets: Elliott-automation and the dawn of the computer age in Britain" (Lavington, S.; 2011)]
Author :
Durnova, Helena ; Sumner, James
Abstract :
This set of Book Reviews covers Mark Priestley\´s "A Science of Operations: Machines, Logic and the Invention of Programming" (Springer, 2011) and "Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947—67" by Simon Lavington (Springer, 2011).
Keywords :
Automation; Book reviews; History; Logic; Programming; British computing; Elliott-Automation; Mark Priestley; Simon Lavington; business history; history of computing; history of programming;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2012.30
