DocumentCode
1521258
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
Volume
34
Issue
2
fYear
2012
Firstpage
70
Lastpage
72
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2012.30
Filename
6203528
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