• DocumentCode
    1330459
  • Title

    From the farm to pioneering with digital control computers: an autobiography

  • Author

    Hall, Eldon C.

  • Author_Institution
    38 Hemlock Dr., Westwood, MA, USA
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    22
  • Lastpage
    31
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/85.841134
  • Filename
    841134
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1330459