Title :
Alwin Walther, IPM, and the Development of Calculator/Computer Technology in Germany, 1930-1945
Author :
de Beauclair, Wilfried
Abstract :
The article discusses the work of the lnstitut für Praktische Mathematik (IPM) at the Technische Hochschule in Darmstadt, Germany, from 1930 to 1945, and how Alwin Walther (1898-1967) guided IPM in developing calculator and computer technology during that period.
Keywords :
Analog computers; Autobiographies; Engineering students; History; Information processing; Instruments; Knowledge engineering; Mathematics; Permission; Software design;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.1986.10061
