Technology for Modelling
Electrical Analogies, Engineering Practice, and the Development of Analogue Computing
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book investigates the technologies, the concepts, and the applications of analog computing. The book suggests a new interpretation of the history of analog computing, and argues that analog computing can be thought of as a modeling technology.
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This book investigates the technologies, the concepts, and the applications of analog computing. The book suggests a new interpretation of the history of analog computing, and argues that analog computing can be thought of as a modeling technology.
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Historians have different views on the core identity of analogue computing. Some portray the technology solely as a precursor to digital computing, whereas others stress that analogue applications existed well after 1940. Even within contemporary sources, there is a spectrum of understanding around what constitutes analogue computing. To understand the relationship between analogue and digital computing, and what this means for users today, the history must consider how the technology is used.Technology for Modelling investigates the technologies, the concepts, and the applications of analogue computing. The text asserts that analogue computing must be thought of as not just a computing technology, but also as a modelling technology, demonstrating how the history of analogue computing can be understood in terms of the parallel themes of calculation and modelling. The book also includes a number of detailed case studies of the technology's use and application.Topics and features: discusses the meaning of analogue computing and its significance in history, and describes the main differences between analogue and digital computing; provides a chronology of analogue computing, based upon the two major strands of calculation and modeling; examines the wider relationship between computing and modelling, and discusses how the theme of modelling fits within the history of analogue computing; describes how the history of analogue computing evolved through a number of stages of use; presents illustrative case studies on analogue modelling in academic research, oil reservoir modelling, aeronautical design, and meteorology.General readers and researchers in the field of history of computing - as well as history of science more generally - will find this book a fascinating insight into the historical use and evolution of technology. The volume provides a long-needed historical framework and context for these core computing technologies.Dr. Charles Care is a seniorsoftware
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engineer at BT and an Associate Fellow at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Warwick, UK.
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This book investigates the technologies, the concepts, and the applications of analog computing. It is argued that analog computing must be thought of as not just a computing technology, but also as a modeling technology. The early chapters of the book demonstrate how the history of analog computing can be understood in terms of the two parallel themes of calculation and modeling, and describe how the technology evolved from the electrical modeling of scientists and engineers. The second half of the book focuses on a number of detailed case studies: examining analog modeling in academic research, oil reservoir modeling, aeronautical design, and meteorology.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Technology for Modelling “
- Introduction- A Chronology of Analog Computing
- The History of Analog Computing as Modeling Technology
- Electrical Analogies and Engineering Culture
- Analog Computing within British Academic Research
- Analog Modeling of Oil Reservoirs
- Analog Computing and British Aeronautics
- Physical Modeling and Numerical Calculation in Meteorology
- Conclusion
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Charles Care
- 2010, XVIII, 203 Seiten, Masse: 16,3 x 24,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 1848829477
- ISBN-13: 9781848829473
Sprache:
Englisch
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From the reviews:"Care's book looks at the history, technologies, concepts, and applications of analog computing. ... chapters provide a very good historical perspective on the subject. ... nicely summarizes Care's main themes. The book includes a detailed table of contents, a list of relevant acronyms, a comprehensive list of references, and a short index. It is an invaluable addition to the library of anyone interested in the history of analog computing and modeling." (David B. Henderson, ACM Computing Reviews, November, 2010)
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From the reviews:"Care's book looks at the history, technologies, concepts, and applications of analog computing. ... chapters provide a very good historical perspective on the subject. ... nicely summarizes Care's main themes. The book includes a detailed table of contents, a list of relevant acronyms, a comprehensive list of references, and a short index. It is an invaluable addition to the library of anyone interested in the history of analog computing and modeling." (David B. Henderson, ACM Computing Reviews, November, 2010)
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